We live at the edge of the miraculous.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

Enthusiasm moves the world.

Enthusiasm moves the world.

Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.

Given a big enough why people can bear almost any how.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

Say yes to your Universe.

Say yes to your Universe.

The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a read more

The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.