"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

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Source : "Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen" by Elbert Hubbard, (p. 370), 1898.

Elbert Hubbard

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“You were never taught how to talk with your face like you speak with words.”
“The power to hurt ... has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement.”
“Heavenly Father has made each of us unique. No two of us have exactly the same experiences. No two families are alike. ... Yet a loving Heavenly Father has set the same path to happiness for all of His children. Whatever our personal characteristics or whatever will be our experiences, there is but one plan of happiness. That plan is to follow all the commandments of God.”
“We are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire.”

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“You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting.”
“When I write "paradise" I mean not only apple trees and golden women but also scorpions and tarantulas and flies, rattlesnakes and Gila monsters, sandstorms, volcanoes and earthquakes, bacteria and bear, cactus, yucca, bladderweed, ocotillo and mesquite, flash floods and quicksand, and yes - disease and death and the rotting of flesh.”
“I can contribute, be valuable, and grow in many ways, since my interests are so varied. That is very satisfying.”
“Writing is like mining for gold hidden in the hillsides of your mind.”

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