A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories read more

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a
thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and read more

The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and minds of men.

You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh-at yourself.

You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh-at yourself.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but
rather as a problem with ourselves, read more

If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but
rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will
immediately feel overwhelmed.

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, read more

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space
and indefinite in duration.

Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the read more

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.