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Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the most powerful and the most read more
Thought is, perhaps, the forerunner and even the mother of ideas, and ideas are the most powerful and the most useful things in the world.
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual read more
Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toilets. These men should not be encouraged, their fantasies are sadly low-rent and unimaginative. Affect an aloof, cool demeanor as soon as any man tries to draw you out. Unless, of course, he's the pilot.
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by read more
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle.
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic read more
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in!
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in!
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
