People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how great their other talents.

The result of my journey was to bring a certain mental peace. Where there had been chaos there was now order. My mind was at rest. I had a philosophy at last. The words of...

When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.

Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.

This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent...