The insignificant, the empty, is usually the loud; and after the manner of a drum, is louder even because of its emptiness.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don"t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. read more

• Thought Beautiful Means Need Accepted by Others Accept

Men who cherish for women the highest respect are seldom popular with them. read more

• Thought Men Cherish for Women Highest Respect Seldom Popular Them

Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual. read more

• Thought Live Full Life Mind Exhilarated by New Ideas Intoxicated Romance Unusual

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. read more

• Wise-words Education What Remains After Forgotten Learned School

We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. read more

• Thought Willing Let Go Life Planned Waiting for Us

All destruction, by violent revolution or however it be, is but new creation on a wider scale. read more

• Thought Destruction by Violent Revolution However New Creation Wider Scale

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. read more

• Thought Adversity Diamond Dust Heaven Polishes Its Jewels

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. read more

• Thought Block Granite Which Obstacle Pathway Weak Became Stepping Stone Strong

Dinners are defined as the ultimate act of communion; men that can have communion in nothing else, can sympathetically eat together, can still rise into some glow of brotherhood over food and wine. read more

• Thought Dinners Defined Ultimate Act Communion Men Nothing Sympathetically Eat Together Still Rise Some Glow Brotherhood Over Food Wine

Our life is not really a mutual helpfulness; but rather, it"s fair competition cloaked under due laws of war; it"s a mutual hostility. read more

• Thought Our Life Really Mutual Helpfulness Rather Fair Competition Cloaked Under Due Laws War Hostility