But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.

A cause a day keeps reality away.

A cause a day keeps reality away.

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.

Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one
unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten read more

Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one
unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with
each unit of effort.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.

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.

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.

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.