I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.
He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.
An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own opinion of it; bad if it is on the same level. But it is a great disaster if your work stands lower than your judgment of it.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain
The entire world shall be populous with that action which saves one soul from despair.
If your intentions are already bad, and then you still make giant mistakes, it seems like things just get worse. I get little joy seeing this, because what I don't see is the public saying, "Wow, those guys are really bad, maybe we should re-evaluate everything. " I don't see that response with the scandals, I don't see it with the indictments, I don't see it after Katrina, I don't see the public going, "Wow, let's really re-examine the entire direction this country is going. "
The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
You don't actually have to understand the song to be emotionally moved and uplifted, whereas with language it becomes quirky and analytical.