Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes read more

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes you go beyond the norm.

There is no more beautiful life than that of a student.

There is no more beautiful life than that of a student.

Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.

Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love.

He who angers you conquers you.

He who angers you conquers you.

Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge shall every room be filled read more

Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge shall every room be filled with precious and pleasant riches.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how read more

Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes.

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.

Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, read more

Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, we are less likely to mention being aware of the world around us, and more likely to mention our inner reflections. But we are less likely to mention thinking about other people.