The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.
You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.
- Topic: Action, Leadership
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and . . . each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.
If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls.
Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man in general is hopelessly unconscious.
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Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
It is none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.
A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.
We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.
Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.
I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.
When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.