The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find read more

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.

Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been.

Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.

You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.

The most complex things are the simplest.

The most complex things are the simplest.

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but read more

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but that is the way to bet.