Archives: Light Bytes

“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.”

“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”

“The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it.  Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat.  It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.”

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each year find you a better man.”

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.”

“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”

“Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.”

“Whatever you are, be a good one.”