"I've always thought respectable people scoundrels, and I look anxiously at my face every morning for signs of my becoming a scoundrel."

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

"Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise."

"The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell."

"The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather that hostile."

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."

"The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself."

"It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are."

"Good coaches teach respect for the opposition, love of competition, the value of trying your best, and how to win and lose graciously."

"I believe in one thing only, the power of the human will."

"When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content."

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."