Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

Don"t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. read more

• Thought Wait for Extraordinary Opportunities Seize Common Occasions Them Great

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it. read more

• Thought Timidity Fault for Which Dangerous Reprove Persons Whom Wish Correct

Technology is a word that describes something that doesn"t work yet. read more

• Thought Technology Word Describes Something Doesn Work Yet

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead read more

• Thought Some People Go Crazy What Truly Horrible Lives They Lead

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. read more

• Thought Search Throughout Entire Universe for Someone More Deserving Love Affection Person Found Anywhere Much Anybody Deserve

Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are. read more

• Thought Every Intense Desire Perhaps Different from What

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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents. read more

• Thought Told Talent Creates Its Own Opportunities Sometimes Seems Intense Desire Talents

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. read more

• Thought Hardest Arithmetic Master Which Enables Us Count Our Blessings

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience... The desire to escape or camouflage their unsatisfactory selves develops in the frustrated a facility for pretending -- for making a show -- and also a readiness to identify themselves wholly with an imposing spectacle. read more

• Thought Glory Largely Theatrical Concept Striving for Without Vivid Awareness Audience Desire Escape Camouflage Their Unsatisfactory Selves Develops Frustrated Facility Pretending Making Show Also Readiness Identify Themselves Wholly Imposing Spectacle

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. read more

• Thought Someone Thinks World Cheating Right Missing Wonderful Feeling Trust Something