Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

If at first you don't succeed; you are running about average.

If at first you don't succeed; you are running about average.

Don't just learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade.

Don't just learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade.

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to read more

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

The highest qualities of character… must be earned.

The highest qualities of character… must be earned.

A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

Don't try to force chemistry between two people or else it may just blow up at you.

Don't try to force chemistry between two people or else it may just blow up at you.

It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know.

It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know.