My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.
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Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it.
Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it.
When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon read more
When will people understand that words can cut as sharply as any blade, and that those cuts leave scars upon our souls.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.
When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are read more
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.
Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.
Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
