Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, read more

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and
determination.

Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a
promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: read more

Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a
promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!.

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning
process where teacher and pupil are located in the same read more

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning
process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It
is for us to put read more

The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It
is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.

We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to
another-and especially yourself-"I Can't," take a read more

We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to
another-and especially yourself-"I Can't," take a deep breath
and say instead, "My resources are otherwise engaged.

The hours that make us happy make us wise.

The hours that make us happy make us wise.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in read more

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.

Be a spot on the ground where nothing is growing, where something
might be planted, a seed, from the Absolute.

Be a spot on the ground where nothing is growing, where something
might be planted, a seed, from the Absolute.