When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly
do."
N.B. This quotation is a read more

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly
do."
N.B. This quotation is a paraphrase of a much older quote by Aristotle, which see.

For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some read more

For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.

A difference, to be a difference, must make a difference.

A difference, to be a difference, must make a difference.

When you seek it, you cannot find it.

When you seek it, you cannot find it.

There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.

There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them
Benjamin Franklin said it first.

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them
Benjamin Franklin said it first.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.