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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad read more
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability
and determination to overcome bad luck.
To think is to practice brain chemistry.
To think is to practice brain chemistry.
The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.
The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.
That which offends the ear will not easily gain
admission to the mind.
That which offends the ear will not easily gain
admission to the mind.
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness
possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many read more
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness
possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are
possessed by our possessions.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely
well, without attending to appearance.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely
well, without attending to appearance.
