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Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing
research.
Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing
research.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why ships are
built.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why ships are
built.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated
from right living.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated
from right living.
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.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become read more
There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are -- and have always been.
Fall down seven times, stand up eight.
Fall down seven times, stand up eight.
It is not the position, but the disposition.
It is not the position, but the disposition.