There is an illusion that has much to do with... most of our unhappiness.... We expect too much.

- Joseph P. Farrell

If we only knew the real value of a day.

- Joseph P. Farrell

When a man thinks he is reading the character of another, he is often unconsciously betraying his own; and this is especially the case with those per…

- Joseph P. Farrell

Most people like praise . . . When it is really deserved, most people expand under it into richer and better selves.

- Joseph P. Farrell

Epigram and truth are rarely commensurate. Truth has to get somewhat chiseled, as it were, before it will fit into an epigram.

- Joseph P. Farrell

If you go in for argument take care of your temper. Your logic if you have any will take care of itself.

- Joseph P. Farrell

Take my advice, dear reader, don’t talk epigrams even if you have the gift. I know, to those have, the temptation is almost irresistible. But resist …

- Joseph P. Farrell

We are odd compounds full of explosive material to which circumstances may at any time apply a spark, with results undreamed of even by those who tho…

- Joseph P. Farrell

The secret of all power is - save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.

- Joseph P. Farrell