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Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, read more
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is
so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which
all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in
which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is
designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and
uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We
survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it
any other way.
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence.
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power and influence.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.
People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, at
the huge waves of the seas, at the long course read more
People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, at
the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of
rivers, at the vast compass of the oceans, at the circular motion of the
stars, and they pass themselves without even wondering.
One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.
If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.
The world isn't interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship.
The world isn't interested in the storms you encountered, but whether or not you brought in the ship.
I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.
I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.
