The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself read more

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those read more

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with
purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize
failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions
serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish
masterfully.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love,
passion.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love,
passion.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn read more

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the
place where no one else has even been. You have read more

Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the
place where no one else has even been. You have to leave the city of your
comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you will
discover will be wonderful. What you will discover will be yourself.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. read more

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Everywhere you look in science, the harder it becomes to understand the
universe without God.

Everywhere you look in science, the harder it becomes to understand the
universe without God.

I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you read more

I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.