I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
it through not dying.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve
it through not dying.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of
character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal
fortitude. They are mandatory read more

Guts are a combination of confidence, courage, conviction, strength of
character, stick-to-itiveness, pugnaciousness, backbone, and intestinal
fortitude. They are mandatory for anyone who wants to get to and stay at
the top.

What you think of me is none of my business.

What you think of me is none of my business.

First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or
they'll eventually conquer you.

First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or
they'll eventually conquer you.

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine read more

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line read more

The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.

There can be no transforming of darkness into light and
of apathy into movement without emotion.

There can be no transforming of darkness into light and
of apathy into movement without emotion.