The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it.

A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it.

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

There's nobody "out there." It's all in here.

There's nobody "out there." It's all in here.

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool read more

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God
forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.

I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.