What you are will show in what you do.

What you are will show in what you do.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other read more

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method
of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists
solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what read more

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own
opinions, and value others' that deserve it.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure read more

Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but pouring
all right out just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a
faithful friendly hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping
and, with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.

Ever notice that people never say "It's only a game" when they're winning?

Ever notice that people never say "It's only a game" when they're winning?

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.

We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.