Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

Quote by David Viscott

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If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is...

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is...

To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.

No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.

Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they...

Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they...

You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow...

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow...

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what...

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what...

There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed....

There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed....

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort...

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort...

This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.

This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew...

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew...

[Readers] who like facts will be better off with a straight history that spares them...

[Readers] who like facts will be better off with a straight history that spares them...

The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings...

The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings...

RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and...

RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and...