There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less
than the long-range risks and read more

There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less
than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

We who lived in the concentration camps can remember
the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away read more

We who lived in the concentration camps can remember
the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their
last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer
sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:
The last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set
of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are
taken out, it's just sort of a tired read more

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are
taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically
thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting read more

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically
thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most
gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.