The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block read more

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back
to the pleasant fact that there are read more

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back
to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for
that determines our success or failure. read more

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for
that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may
defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the
fact because you think you are.

Its the moment you think you can't that you realize you can.

Its the moment you think you can't that you realize you can.

If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.

If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.

The map is not the territory.

The map is not the territory.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other read more

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their
whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method
of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists
solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is "the
quiet acceptance of what is.".

If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is "the
quiet acceptance of what is.".