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To simplify complications is the first essential of success.
To simplify complications is the first essential of success.
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a read more
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like read more
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. [Ecclesiasticus 13:1].
Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. read more
Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius.
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.
Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us read more
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper.
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write read more
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer.
