The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated
from right living.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated
from right living.

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple
we couldn't.

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple
we couldn't.

Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their read more

Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers.

Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top read more

Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top up s.

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on read more

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of
grace at any given moment.

We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of
grace at any given moment.

For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it
into a chair and not moving from the read more

For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it
into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period of time.

People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, at
the huge waves of the seas, at the long course read more

People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, at
the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of
rivers, at the vast compass of the oceans, at the circular motion of the
stars, and they pass themselves without even wondering.