It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.
I’m not a genius. I’m just a tremendous bundle of experience.
Genius is rarely able to give any account of its own processes.
To work with the hands or brain, according to our requirements and our capacities, to do that which lies before us to do, is more honorable than rank and title.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.
To be is to be the value of a variable.
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.
Ideals are the world’s masters.
We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.
Our first intuitions are the true ones.
What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.
Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.
It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, ‘Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.’
Brainy’s the new sexy.
A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it.
