Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have not
imparted it to others.

In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have not
imparted it to others.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

Perhaps our eyes are merely a blank film which is taken from us after our deaths to be developed elsewhere read more

Perhaps our eyes are merely a blank film which is taken from us after our deaths to be developed elsewhere and screened as our life story in some infernal cinema or dispatched as microfilm into the sidereal void.

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction.

Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction.

We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level
we can have or deserve.

We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level
we can have or deserve.

For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it
into a chair and not moving from the read more

For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it
into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period of time.