When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.

America's best buy is a telephone call to the right man.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it read more

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute read more

Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,
knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core
of inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let the
moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the
surface of your being.".

What millions died that Caesar might be great?

What millions died that Caesar might be great?