No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.

No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.

You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is read more

You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.

Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.

When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention read more

When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.

Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.

Thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to read more

Thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find,- nothing.