"As I think I told you once before," said I, "it is you who have been, in your greed and cunning, against all the world. It may be profitable to you ….
Stranger, pause and ask thyself the question, Canst thou do likewise? If not, with a blush retire..
Trifles make the sum of life..
Its matter was not new to me, but was presented in a new aspect. It shook me in my habit - the habit of nine-tenths of the world - of believing that ….
Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers..
Always start at the end before you begin. Professional investors always have an exit strategy before they invest. Knowing your exit strategy is an im….
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a s….
If you try you may fail, if you don't try you're guaranteed to fail..
We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is….
And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?.
She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old..
I came from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At General motors, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is to hire a consulta….
Anything that makes a noise is satisfactory to a crowd..
Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repe….
"It's nothing," returned Mrs Chick. "It's merely change of weather. We must expect change.".
Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone..
"Some persons hold," he pursued, still hesitating, "that there is a wisdom of the Head, and that there is a wisdom of the Heart...".
Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak..
To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the tru….
The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality..
Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived..