Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it
into a chair and not moving from the read more

For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it
into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period of time.

The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of
human failure.

The guns and bombs, the rockets and the warships, all are symbols of
human failure.

We who lived in the concentration camps can remember
the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away read more

We who lived in the concentration camps can remember
the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their
last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer
sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:
The last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set
of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to
pleasure.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to
pleasure.