Mark Twain quotes, with sources

American humorist and novelist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Here are 6 short quotes by Mark Twain (1835–1910), each with the work it comes from, drawn from 6 sources.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.

Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar, in The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, ch. XII (1894)

When in doubt, tell the truth.

Following the Equator, 1897

If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.

Mark Twain's Notebook, 1894

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

The Innocents Abroad, 1869

Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

Consistency (speech), 1887

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing.

What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us, 1897

Sources

Consistency (speech), 1887
Following the Equator, 1897
Mark Twain's Notebook, 1894
Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar, in The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, ch. XII (1894)
The Innocents Abroad, 1869
What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us, 1897

Themes

Courage Wisdom Growth Change Joy Resilience

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