Archives - August 2021

The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath.

You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream.

In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.

We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

If I finish my day with no garden dirt under my fingernails and nothing new learned, it is a day wasted!

Every time we remember to say "thank you," we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim.

There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.

We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes.

Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.

Food is the most primitive form of comfort.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain --- and most fools do.

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

Who would have guessed it possible that waiting is sustainable. A place with its own harvest.

You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.