The worst bankruptcy in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.

The worst bankruptcy in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, read more

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space
and indefinite in duration.

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is read more

Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web,
he does to himself.

We will by conscious command evolve cerebral centers which will permit
us to use powers that we now are not read more

We will by conscious command evolve cerebral centers which will permit
us to use powers that we now are not even capable of imagining.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks
his neck out.

Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks
his neck out.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise
with other men's wisdom.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise
with other men's wisdom.

Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense read more

Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.

A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected read more

A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.