I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Do to others what you would have them do to you."
The source of the famous "Golden Rule." Many famous read more

Do to others what you would have them do to you."
The source of the famous "Golden Rule." Many famous lines were variations on this theme. - Matthew 7:12.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging read more

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't read more

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline read more

Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

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.