Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving
anything in return.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving
anything in return.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

To the degree we can live without the things of this world, to that
degree we are wealthy.

To the degree we can live without the things of this world, to that
degree we are wealthy.

The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It
is for us to put read more

The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It
is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated
from right living.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated
from right living.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.