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When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we read more
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.
Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own
doorstep is unclean.
Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own
doorstep is unclean.
If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to
go a little berserk.
If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to
go a little berserk.
Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness read more
Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness of human habitations are what human nature habitually abhors; while on the contrary, haze, mist, and the haunting spirits of the mountains are what human nature seeks, and yet can rarely find.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if
he is to be ultimately at read more
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if
he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.
Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.