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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on read more
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them
t's just hard to meet new people, in my position.
t's just hard to meet new people, in my position.
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, read more
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go and do that. read more
Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him read more
A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for read more
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
