With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a
pillow-I have still joy in read more

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a
pillow-I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change
their lives, but I've met read more

I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to change
their lives, but I've met many more people who merely had to change their
motive to service in order to change their lives.

Writing is easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank sheet of paper
until drops of blood read more

Writing is easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank sheet of paper
until drops of blood form on your forehead.

There is always a way to go if you look for it.

There is always a way to go if you look for it.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing
ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing
ordinary things extraordinarily well.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.

The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operate
through intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs.

The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operate
through intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

Expenditure rises to meet income.