There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early
in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early
in life.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a
half.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a
half.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow
that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,
models read more

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow
that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,
models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed.

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching read more

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;
because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.
I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;
for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is read more

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web,
he does to himself.

It takes only one other person to say it's so—one other point of
reality—to make something real.

It takes only one other person to say it's so—one other point of
reality—to make something real.

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.