Unless you have some goals, I don't think there's any way to get above the pack. My vision was always read more

Unless you have some goals, I don't think there's any way to get above the pack. My vision was always well beyond what I had any reason to expect.

If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but read more

If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essence
developing, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age will
stimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to
always reach my destination.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to
always reach my destination.

Enthusiasm moves the world.

Enthusiasm moves the world.

Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.

Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never read more

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.