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The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one read more
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to read more
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, read more
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.
What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.
People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it read more
People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't read more
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.rn