The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. - The Uses of Philosophy.

The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves. - The Uses of Philosophy.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends
far more on the way we meet read more

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends
far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those
events themselvers.

The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough,
but in getting out read more

The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough,
but in getting out after you are in.

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool read more

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God
forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become read more

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are -- and have always been.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is
stronger than any physical force in read more

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is
stronger than any physical force in the universe.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a read more

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a book.