If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut
up and refrain from declaring it, read more

If wisdom were offered me with the provision that I should keep it shut
up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in
owning anything unshared.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some read more

For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.

I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.

Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.

Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.

Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue read more

Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue and we will live happily ever after.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is
impossible with talent is genius.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is
impossible with talent is genius.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.