You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best.
But, since read more

In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best.
But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on
my bass playing abilities.".

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

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.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true -- it did for me.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true -- it did for me.

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need
approval the least get the most.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need
approval the least get the most.

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to read more

There isn't any luck that enters into anything, unless it's poker or shooting dice, maybe. There is no luck to merchandising. There is no luck in going out and working from early in the morning to long after dinner. That is not luck, it's work.

If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but read more

If one sees the personality not as an apparatus that is essentially
constructed by the time childhood is over, but as always in its essence
developing, then life at 25 or 30 or at the gateway to middle age will
stimulate its own intrigue, surprise, and exhilaration of discovery.