Mark Twain

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at read more

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.