You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.

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A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect...

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect...

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy...

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy...

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good...

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good...

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual...

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual...

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can...

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can...

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else,...

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else,...

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who...

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who...

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be...

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be...

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to...

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than...

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than...

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean...

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean...

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

In order to improve the mind, we ought less learn than to contemplate.

In order to improve the mind, we ought less learn than to contemplate.

Life is a cement trampoline

Life is a cement trampoline

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want...

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want...