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Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it's upto read more
Life itself can't give you joy, unless you really will it. Life just gives you time and space, it's upto you to fill it.
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized read more
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered read more
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized, they die when neglected.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized, they die when neglected.
They're only truly great who are truly good.
They're only truly great who are truly good.
If a man can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of his money
is tied up read more
If a man can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of his money
is tied up in it.
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, read more
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, in all
we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our
subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.
I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and
examine ourselves.
When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and
examine ourselves.