There are only two tragedies in life:
one is not getting what one wants,
and the other is getting it.
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There are only two tragedies in life:
one is not getting what one wants,
and the other is getting it.
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't
take his education too seriously.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly
and in a thousand things well.
But luxury has never appealed to me,
I like simple things, books, being alone,
or with somebody who understands.
It’s amazing what ordinary people can do
if they set out without preconceived notions.
Truth is stranger than fiction,
but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities;
Truth isn't.
The aim of life is self-development.
To realize one's nature perfectly -
that is what each of us is here for.
The world breaks everyone and
afterward many are strong at the broken places.
A man may well bring a horse to the water,
but he cannot make him drink.
You can't just ask customers what they want
and then try to give that to them.
By the time you get it built,
they'll want something new.