The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no trace behind.
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The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.
Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.
It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.
It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.
It is not good to have an oar in everyone's boat.
You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.
You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.
Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.
Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.
