I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.

Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

If there is anything in the world a person should fight for, it is freedom to pursue his ideal, because in that is his great opportunity for self-expression, for the unfoldment of the greatest thing possible to him.

To a greater force, and to a better nature, you, free, are subject, and that creates the mind in you, which the heavens have not in their charge. Therefore if the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.

When a person can't find a deep meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.