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Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.
Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work.
Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work.
The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. In my
life, what I want and what read more
The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. In my
life, what I want and what I need are exactly the same.
Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness read more
Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness of human habitations are what human nature habitually abhors; while on the contrary, haze, mist, and the haunting spirits of the mountains are what human nature seeks, and yet can rarely find.
I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends
far more on the way we meet read more
I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends
far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those
events themselvers.
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains read more
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated
from the cataract of accepted belief.
Every creative act involves...a new innocence of perception, liberated
from the cataract of accepted belief.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten
years, plant trees; if read more
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten
years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
