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It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely read more
It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.
You are not in business to be popular.
You are not in business to be popular.
Smile when it hurts most.
Smile when it hurts most.
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are read more
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a read more
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time read more
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing. [On the prospects for his 1997 movies The Rainmaker and Good Will Hunting].
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, read more
Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.
