There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh unless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.

If it is any use to know it, I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it under water for every part that shows.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

But what is happiness except for the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

...the individual ceases to be himself; he adopts entirely the kind of personality offered to him by cultural patterns; and he therefore becomes exactly as all others are and as they expect him to be...The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not feel alone and anxious any more. But the price he pays, however, is high; it is the loss of his self.

The whole universe is contained within a single human being—you.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation.

At the center of your being you are the answer. You know who you are, and you know what you want.

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.