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First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the read more
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," read more
It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.
It appears I am destined for something; I will live.
It appears I am destined for something; I will live.
He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave.
He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave.
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.