Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every
dream precedes the goal.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every
dream precedes the goal.

If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.

If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.

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.

I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons read more

I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more

In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.

If it is to be, it is up to me.

If it is to be, it is up to me.

The impossible is often the untried.

The impossible is often the untried.