For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change read more

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.

There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves read more

There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said read more

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're read more

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - read more

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.