What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is read more

What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

One point of view gives a one dimensional world.
(Liz Murray.. a brilliant homeless teen who got
a scholarship to read more

One point of view gives a one dimensional world.
(Liz Murray.. a brilliant homeless teen who got
a scholarship to an Ivy League school).

For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was read more

Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with read more

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.