We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Do not overrate what you have received nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

What nature requires is obtainable and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort.

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

If there is no hell a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.

The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies including preliminary examinations in botany zoology physics and chemistry was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.

In my book I detail the critical information we obtained from al Qaeda terrorists after they became compliant following a short period of enhanced interrogation. I have no doubt that that interrogation was legal necessary and saved lives.

For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God either by perception or reflection we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.

If you desire information on some point of law you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek by your own unaided efforts.

Real knowledge like everything else of value is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for studied for thought for and more that all must be prayed for.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination but pure and stripped of what the requirements of life make you add to it in external perception.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found and each believes it possessed by others to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.