Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said read more

The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not read more

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

One man has enthusiasm !0 minutes, another !0 days, but it is the man who has it !0 years who read more

One man has enthusiasm !0 minutes, another !0 days, but it is the man who has it !0 years who makes a success of his life.

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn read more

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy read more

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I
looked into the soul of the boy next to me.

People wait for opportunity to come along...yet it is there every
morning.

People wait for opportunity to come along...yet it is there every
morning.