Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making read more

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would read more

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life
unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away
from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the
end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy,
and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for
him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know
how seldom they do.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know
how seldom they do.

Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the
place where no one else has even been. You have read more

Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the
place where no one else has even been. You have to leave the city of your
comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you will
discover will be wonderful. What you will discover will be yourself.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully
nor for much longer unless we see read more

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully
nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as
common. It has to be everybody or nobody.