A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Value is what people are willing to pay for it.

Value is what people are willing to pay for it.

The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of
fear as the person who regularly read more

The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of
fear as the person who regularly takes risks.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.

You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist
them-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let read more

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist
them-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow
naturally forward in whatever way they like.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would read more

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life
unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away
from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the
end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy,
and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for
him who has the vision to recognize it as such.