Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of read more

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But read more

Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: "It's four o clock. At five I have my abyss... ".

The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.

The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.

Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.

Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.

That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.

It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. read more

It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, "Are you scared, too?" "You bet your sweet life I am." "Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too." We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, "Who else feels like this?" the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.