Quotes 381 till 400 of 701.
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On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.
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One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a man, able to stand up and speak a word or strike a blow.
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One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
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Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.
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Only the other day I was inquiring of an entire bed of old-fashioned roses, forced to listen to my ramblings on the meaning of the universe as I sat cross-legged in the lotus position in front of them.
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Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people as rain unto the sea.
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Originality begins in our reaction to the necessary events of life, to things that come up hard against us.
Life and the student -
Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.
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Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.
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Our real wants in a small compass lie.
Independance (1764) -
Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each man's own language - so long as he knows anguish and is a painter.
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Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.
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Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling their missions.
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Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.
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People are very open-minded about new things. As long as they are exactly like the old ones.
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Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.
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Persevere in a thorough determination to do whatever you have to do, as well as you can do it.
Letter to Edward Dickens 26 sept. 1868
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