Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.

Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.

Letters are useful as a means of expressing the ideal self. . . . In letters we can reform without read more

Letters are useful as a means of expressing the ideal self. . . . In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires. . . .

The most complex things are the simplest.

The most complex things are the simplest.

Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau.

Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau.

There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters read more

There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters can be published.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.