I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains read more

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the
educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We read more

We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the
educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed
ourselves to this problem before.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and
mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and
mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

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.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what you
have given away.

The only thing you will take through those pearly gates is what you
have given away.

The mind is just another muscle.

The mind is just another muscle.

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

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.