But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.

Don't think it, ink it.

Don't think it, ink it.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to read more

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to
himself.

The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to
himself.

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn read more

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or no.

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in read more

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the
idea of a cathedral in mind.