Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been read more

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.

Thinking is heavily endorsed.

Thinking is heavily endorsed.

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in read more

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.