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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist
them-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let read more
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist
them-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow
naturally forward in whatever way they like.
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line read more
The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.
You are everything that is, your thoughts, your life, your dreams come true. You are everything you choose to be. read more
You are everything that is, your thoughts, your life, your dreams come true. You are everything you choose to be. You are as unlimited as the endless universe.
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.
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would read more
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life
unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away
from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the
end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy,
and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for
him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
He who treads softly goes far.
He who treads softly goes far.