Issue 262
- Those who gave thee a body,
furnished it with weakness;
but He who gave thee Soul,
armed thee with resolution.
Employ it, and thou art wise;
be wise and thou art happy.
- You do anything long enough to escape the habit of
living until the escape becomes the habit.
- When there is no moon, you go by the stars.
- To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.
- We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing,
and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds
when we read a book and feel an emotion about it,
for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.
- Stand up, be bold, be strong.
Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders,
and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.
All the strength and succor you want is within yourselves.
Therefore, make your own future.
- So long as millions live in hunger and ignorance,
I hold every person a traitor who, having been
educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.
- Everyone is a genius at least once a year;
a real genius has his original ideas closer together.
- When in prayer you clasp your hands, God opens His.
- Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it