Elbert Hubbard

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.

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

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.

Art is not a thing it is a way.

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

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

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

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.

Live truth instead of professing it.

Fear clogs faith liberates.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.