Arthur Conan Doyle

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don’t know what to do. Love!

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

Everybody should have the opportunity to do and be everything they can be.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

There is nothing so stable as change.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

The only thing you can give a man without hurting him is an opportunity.

[Moving to the West] was a culture shock. I had never seen cereal before! We had cottage cheese and pancakes in Russia, not colorful circles that came in cardboard boxes.

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

I do not believe that material accumulation is the whole of success, and on the other hand I do not believe that true success ever excludes a sufficient possession of wealth-but wealth as a means, not as an end.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.