Before you can do something you must first be something.

Before you can do something you must first be something.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of
comfort.

The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of
comfort.

The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line read more

The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to read more

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil
of our spirits.

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil
of our spirits.

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as read more

Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal.

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft
falling.

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft
falling.