When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem
as a nail.

When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem
as a nail.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live read more

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a
being of power, intelligence, and read more

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a
being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts,
he holds the key to every situation.

Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.

Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.