The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated
from the cataract of accepted belief.

Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated
from the cataract of accepted belief.

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.

Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it's upto read more

Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it's upto you to fill it.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder
or control the firm resolve of a read more

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder
or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Private victories precede public victories.

Private victories precede public victories.

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple
we couldn't.

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple
we couldn't.