"When we think of the will, we are too apt to think of it as a mysterious force, but it is nothing more than the power of attention."

"Habit is the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent."

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."

"The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."

"The moment of creative energy is the moment of choice."