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 The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning and
lo! Your purse is magnificently read more 
 The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning and
lo! Your purse is magnificently filled with 24 hours of the unmanufactured
tissue of the universe of life. It is yours! The most precious of your
possessions. 
Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.
Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.
 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. 
 Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," is
at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, read more 
 Present-moment living, getting in touch with your "now," is
at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is
no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just
another present moment to live when it arrives. One thing is certain, you
cannot live it until it does appear. 
 Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.  
 Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers. 
 When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that read more 
 When one door closes, another opens: but we often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has
opened for us. 
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when read more
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
The sharp employ the sharp.
The sharp employ the sharp.
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.