Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture read more

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.

Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to read more

Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit. -William James.

Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard read more

Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. -Diana Rankin.

...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.

...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. -Coco Chanel.

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. -Coco Chanel.

Sometimes, being strong means not holding back the tears but letting them fall.

Sometimes, being strong means not holding back the tears but letting them fall.

It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. -Addison Walker.

It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. -Addison Walker.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our read more

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. -Ken Burns.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.