Even when I was living below the poverty line as a novelist, I was still living better than 99.5% of the human population of the world. But in my little, soft realm of trying to amuse a few dozen middle-class people with my books and articles, I did ...
So, what does it take to live a more excellent life? It takes a new way of thinking, speaking and acting. It takes a change in habits, and a better understanding of who you are and what you do each day. It takes a foolproof formula you can apply to e...
Just look at the track record of these giveaway programs," I protested. "Broken mills, lower production levels of rice after 20 years of work and money. This can't be right...the only way this will work for the farmers is if they own it themselves, i...
I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said,...
There are very fundamental reasons we live our lives in social networks, and if we really understood the role they're playing in our society, we would take better care of social networks and find ways to take advantage of their power to improve our s...
We get a little further from perfection, each year on the road, I guess that's what they call character, I guess that's just the way it goes, better to be dusty than polished, like some store window mannequin, why don't you touch me where i'm rusty, ...
Poverty is not a crime, but it's better not to show it.
"I heard" is good; "I saw" is better.
Better little than too little.
It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.
Better alone than in bad company.
Patience is often better than medicine.
The worst life is better than the best death.
It is better to be the object of jealousy, than of pity.
Voluntary work is better than slavery.
Working and painting are better from a distance.
It is easier to criticize than to do better.
Two heads are better than one.
A bad peace is better than a good war.
Better the best of the worst than the worst of the best.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
