The hunger and thirst for knowledge, the keen delight in the chase, the good humored willingness to admit that the scent was false, the eager desire to get on with the work, the cheerful resolution to go back and begin again, the broad good sense, the unaffected modesty, the imperturbable temper, the gratitude for any little help that was given -- all these will remain in my memory though I cannot paint them for others.
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The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Smile when it hurts most.
Smile when it hurts most.
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he read more
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Thought is a dangerous thing; it makes one see that the popular notions of society are wrong.
Thought is a dangerous thing; it makes one see that the popular notions of society are wrong.
You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.
You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly read more
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Kahlil Gibran.
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to read more
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
