It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. read more

Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they read more

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Success, or failure, very often arrives on wings that seem mysterious to us.

Success, or failure, very often arrives on wings that seem mysterious to us.

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom read more

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.