Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

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Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to...

Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any...

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it...

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it...

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries...

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries...

The name of the game is taking care of yourself, because you're going to live...

The name of the game is taking care of yourself, because you're going to live...

A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with...

A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that...

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

Deny Self for Self's sake

Deny Self for Self's sake

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the...

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the...

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert...

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert...