Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense read more

Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.

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.

Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we
believe. What we read more

Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we
believe. What we believe is based on our perceptions. What we perceive
depends on what we look for. What we look for depends on what we think.
What we think depends on what we perceive. What we perceive determines
what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.

We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering through
our mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones read more

We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering through
our mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones we hold there. We're
especially responsible for the one's we put there.

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an read more

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting. - Benchley -- or Else!

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.