Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as read more

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his read more

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened

I wasn’t really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness.

I wasn’t really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest read more

Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot.

Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.

Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.

Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing,
And may this storm be but a mountain-birth,
May read more

Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing,
And may this storm be but a mountain-birth,
May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling,
Silent as though they watched the sleeping Earth!

Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.

Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one read more

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.