To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.

Some want, to be exempt. They do not want to excel, they do not want to exert. They want to be considered excellent, for desiring to be held exempt, from all accountability.

Don’t mistake activity with achievement.

That was one other time when my whole body reacted to the fear and went out of my own control. My nerves came apart completely, and I started vomiting and vomiting. I couldn’t stop. It...

Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.