Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
I don't believe in intuition. When you get sudden flashes of perception, it is just the brain working faster than usual. But you've been getting ready to know it for a long time, and when it comes, you feel you've known it always.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
So little time and so little to do.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!