Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.

Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.

Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps.

Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all that we need to make read more

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something
to be enthusiastic about.

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and
fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and
fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.

When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore read more

When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in the creation of a better world. [The Circle is Sacred].

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.