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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!
It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.
It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.
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.
The past should be a springboard not a hammock.
The past should be a springboard not a hammock.
By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.
By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.
Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win
unless you hate them—and then you destroy read more
Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win
unless you hate them—and then you destroy yourself.
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never read more
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
We live at the edge of the miraculous.
We live at the edge of the miraculous.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
