You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust read more

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for
education is not education at all but ritual. read more

We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for
education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are
being educated when we know it least.

HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose.

HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose.

The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely read more

The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely useful. The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.