It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires read more

It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole read more

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will read more

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.

Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in read more

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and read more

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favour in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.

Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.