The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.
I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect.
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.
Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Post je objavljen 20.08.2010. u 03:58 sati.