Time passed solely in the pursuit of pleasure leaves no solid enjoyment for the future; but from the hours you spend in reading and studying useful books, you will gather a golden harvest in future years.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.
Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.
But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!
Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities.
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future.
Pleasures take to themselves wings and fly away; true knowledge remains forever.
My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.