Wednesday Journal

All life is an experiment.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Every exit is an entry somewhere.
For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Where do we go from here?
We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
Maybe I should stop drinking coffee.
What am I creating today?
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
There is a choice, and the rest falls away.
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.