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Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
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.
The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.
The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.
The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And read more
The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
The trouble with the rat race is that even when you win, you're still a
rat.
The trouble with the rat race is that even when you win, you're still a
rat.
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not
excellent, it won't be profitable read more
If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not
excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business
for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?.
