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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some read more
For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp read more
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must read more
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we
who fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to
handle them, and pretty soon you have a read more
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to
handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
Every time I try to define a perfectly stable person, I am appalled by the dullness of that person.
Every time I try to define a perfectly stable person, I am appalled by the dullness of that person.
Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining read more
Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have what we want, we can start to pursue other ways to get it.
The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in
which it is overestimated.
The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in
which it is overestimated.
