It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, read more

It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true "gift" in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself.

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in!

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in!

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am read more

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Start slow and taper off.

Start slow and taper off.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.