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Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize read more
The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.
The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.
Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to
get it.
Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to
get it.
I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of read more
One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way
they go.
You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea
problem.
You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea
problem.
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, read more
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space
and indefinite in duration.
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.