I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept read more

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

Every time I try to define a perfectly stable person, I am appalled by the dullness of that person.

Every time I try to define a perfectly stable person, I am appalled by the dullness of that person.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to read more

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Let your intentions create your methods and not the other way around.

Let your intentions create your methods and not the other way around.

People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get
things done make lists.

People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get
things done make lists.

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but
your dream will not. Responsibilities need read more

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but
your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not
obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.

The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn't
hear the referee.

The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn't
hear the referee.

Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking
and believing. As individuals think and believe, read more

Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking
and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.

What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between
ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve read more

What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between
ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctions
between flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time and
matter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so long
forgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul is
nothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life of
every woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.