The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.
- -- Wang Yang-Ming
Thursday, October 30, 2003
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.
- -- La Bruyere
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
- -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
- -- Plato
Monday, October 27, 2003
I don't like work... but I like what is in work -- the chance to find yourself. Your own reality -- for yourself, not for others -- which no other man can ever know.
- -- Joseph Conrad
Sunday, October 26, 2003
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
- -- Anonymous