A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories read more

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A
terrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of a
thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.

Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely
well, without attending to appearance.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely
well, without attending to appearance.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends
far more on the way we meet read more

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends
far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those
events themselvers.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives read more

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect
plan executed next week.

A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect
plan executed next week.