Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist
them-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let read more

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist
them-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow
naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to
death.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to
death.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp read more

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories read more

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a
thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making read more

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.

No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.