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.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see read more

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way,
surrounded by your family. Nurture their read more

Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way,
surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that
your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten
when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And
even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have
a loving family, you are a success.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's
superiority to all that befalls him.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's
superiority to all that befalls him.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. read more

The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped. All too often people fail to focus their choices upon results and therefore their choices are ineffective. If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise.

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has
a son who thinks he's read more

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has
a son who thinks he's wrong.

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he read more

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.