Be the sun and all will see you. — Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881, Russian novelist)
My Answer Is, ‘Nothing’
It’s unnecessary and destructive to think of oneself at all. People ask me, ‘What do you think of yourself as?’ My answer is, ‘Nothing.’Â Â — Paul Bowles (1910-1999, composer, writer)
The Writer Has Three Sources
The writer has three sources: imagination, observation, and experience. — William Faulkner (1897-1962, writer)
Our Most Formidable Weapon
Prayer is our most formidable weapon, the thing which makes all else we do efficient. — E. M. Bounds (1835-1913, author, attorney, clergyman)
The Same Age Inside
We are always the same age inside. — Gertrude Stein (1874-1946, poet, novelist, playwright)
Humility Is the Displacement of Self
Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God. — Andrew Murray (1828-1917, South African writer, pastor)
Christians Pray Such Tiny Prayers
Why do so many Christians pray such tiny prayers when their God is so big? — Watchman Nee (1903-1972, Chinese church leader)
It Makes a Difference
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference. — William James (1842-1910, philosopher, psychologist, pragmatist)
Wise Words Endure
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. — Edward Thorndike (1874-1949, psychologist)
Penetrate the Mystery of Their Origin
Don’t become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin. — Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936, Russian physiologist)
Eudaimonia 