Continued Insights from Elbert Hubbard

"We are punished by our sins, not for them"

"In order to have friends, you must first be one"

"The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence"

"The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods"

"Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness"

"Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation"

"It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do"

"The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you"

"The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment"

"The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture"

"So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs"

"Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us"

"Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake"

"Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway"

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing"

"This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum"

"There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability"

"There is no failure except in no longer trying"

"The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it"

"The thing we fear we bring to pass"

"The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner"

"The supernatural is the natural not yet understood"

"It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious"

"It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree"

"We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them"

"Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure"

"The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination"

"Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it"

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