Real problem is not population explosion, but what the population is doing.
On Wednesday, when the sky is blue, and I have nothing else to do, I sometimes wonder if it's true That who is what and what is who. " - Winnie-the-Pooh
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together. . . there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart. . . I'll always be with you.
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing
The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen
In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.
In a certain sense you deny the existence of this world. You explain life as a state of rest, a state of rest in motion.
Ah, mastery. . . what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills. . . and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.
Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.
Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.