People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others gave up in despair,
and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial,
industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life
the success often erroneously attributed to good luck.
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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.
Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy read more
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy next to me.
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the read more
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand.
I love humanity, it's the people I can't stand.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody
else has thought.
Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody
else has thought.
When we realize one Dream, sometimes a deeper Dream reveals itself. At
other times a parallel Dream appears. The one read more
When we realize one Dream, sometimes a deeper Dream reveals itself. At
other times a parallel Dream appears. The one that scares the hell out of
you is probably it.
Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know
in order to find out what we do read more
Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know
in order to find out what we do not know....Hence, to think creatively, we
must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.
