We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates read more

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.

A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.

Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the read more

Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as read more

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.

Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.

Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.

For old age is not honored for length of time,
or measured by number of years;
but read more

For old age is not honored for length of time,
or measured by number of years;
but understanding is gray hair for anyone,
and a blameless life is ripe old age.

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the read more

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful read more

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death