Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure read more

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but pouring
all right out just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a
faithful friendly hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping
and, with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.

Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do read more

Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

To the degree we can live without the things of this world, to that
degree we are wealthy.

To the degree we can live without the things of this world, to that
degree we are wealthy.

Opportunities are everywhere. The recession might be drawing to a close, but its continuing legacy is employers' reliance on short-term read more

Opportunities are everywhere. The recession might be drawing to a close, but its continuing legacy is employers' reliance on short-term staff. There may be fewer jobs for life, but there are more jobs in a lifetime.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw
exclusively from his own resources.

The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw
exclusively from his own resources.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.