Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.
-Vladimir Nabokov
Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.
-Vladimir Nabokov
Concerned alone with the upholding of the world, you should act. Whatever the best man does, others do that also. The world follows the standard he sets for himself.
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realise that each thought creates according to its own nature. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness.
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
-Edgar Allan Poe
As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.
-Norman Wisdom
There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up.
-William Goldman
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
-Ayn Rand