Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.

We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can... . The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the ore our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

[Thinking is] what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.

As believers, you don't need to pray for a new heart, you need to pray for a new head.

God, stay with me, let no word cross my lips that is not your word, no thoughts enter my mind that are not your thoughts, no deed ever be done or entertained by me that is not your deed.

When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and are.