A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at read more

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.

Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it read more

Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's
stairs.
[It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale
Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle
Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]

What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of read more

What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of time;
A message to him every wave can deliver
To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.