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We inhabit a world where we're taught that we can have what we desire, and tend to act on it - the least we can do is admit to it when we succumb to our instincts.

It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do.

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.

What amazes me is how far some people will go to justify their behavior to themselves, just to preserve that self-perception.

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.