You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, read more

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space
and indefinite in duration.

The manager administers; the leader innovates.

The manager administers; the leader innovates.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which
matter least.

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which
matter least.

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it
looks impossible, and then gets read more

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it
looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to
become discouraged.

Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind
with whips and stings.

Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind
with whips and stings.

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own read more

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.

Don't wait for someone to take you under their wing. Find a good wing and climb up underneath it.

Don't wait for someone to take you under their wing. Find a good wing and climb up underneath it.