
“Enjoying life is far superior to being graded on your performance in life.”
“Enjoying life is far superior to being graded on your performance in life.”
Lecture IX : On the Conduct of the Understanding
Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy (1849)
La prétendue supériorité de l'homme sur la femme et la despotique autorité qu'il s'arroge sur elle ont la même origine que la domination de la noblesse.
[in Gracchus Babeuf avec les Egaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 44, 27082 2892-7]
On women
“Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.”
Source: The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
“Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.”
"Advice to Youth", speech to The Saturday Morning Club, Boston, 15 April 1882. Mark Twain Speaking (1976), ed. Paul Fatout, p. 169 http://books.google.com/books?id=mkFgXWvUkVoC&pg=PA169
Variant: Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
“To be human is to care for your fellow human beings and protecting the environment.”