Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

The genuine creator creates something that has a life of its own, something that can exist and function without him. read more

The genuine creator creates something that has a life of its own, something that can exist and function without him. This is true not only of the writer, artist and scientist, but of creators in other fields...With the noncreative it is the other way around: in whatever they do, they arrange things so that they themselves become indispensable.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain read more

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls.

I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls.

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.

Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto read more

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant of others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.