Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, when you've
molded the standard material to your needs and made it yours, read more

Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, when you've
molded the standard material to your needs and made it yours, when you've
made your new skills strong through hard use. All of a sudden these new
concepts stopped churning within you, and a new reality is born: You and
the concepts are one. They have literally become you. You have become
them.

Two great things you can give your children: one is
roots, the other is wings.

Two great things you can give your children: one is
roots, the other is wings.

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. read more

We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ... Thus, while the tangible has advantages, It is the intangible that makes it useful.

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the
end.

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the
end.

The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. - The Uses of Philosophy.

The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. - The Uses of Philosophy.

It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act also.

It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act also.