There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something
that isn't there.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something
that isn't there.

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It read more

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices
and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than
to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed
through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to
use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to
what those events mean.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to
what those events mean.

The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it
is fine," is the greatest understanding read more

The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it
is fine," is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.

Everything is perfect in the universe-even your desire to improve it.

Everything is perfect in the universe-even your desire to improve it.

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.

Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.

Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.