You've got to watch your mind all the time or you'll awaken and find a
strange picture on your press.

You've got to watch your mind all the time or you'll awaken and find a
strange picture on your press.

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching read more

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.
I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;
for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.

Days are scrolls: Write on them only what you want
remembered.

Days are scrolls: Write on them only what you want
remembered.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the
nature of the one who prays.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the
nature of the one who prays.

To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is
to argue disbelief in the dignity read more

To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is
to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and
virtue is doing it.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and
virtue is doing it.

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 ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite.

The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite.