“One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was awful. Late into the night I would lie awake tossing and wondering what he was going to do to me. Usually he did nothing. A quiet, impressive 'talking to' was all I got.” LyingNightFatherTalkingWonderMorningChildhoodQuietLateImprovementPunishmentAwfulAwakeI Have LearnedImpressive Book:The World of Lincoln Steffens Source: The World of Lincoln Steffens
“The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.” SpiritIndividualPrinciplesHonorGainsTradeProfitProsperityCredit Author:Lincoln Steffens
“My summary of all our experiences was that it showed that heaven and hell are one place, and we all go there. To those who are prepared, it is heaven; to those who are not fit and ready, it is hell.” HeavenHellReadyFitPreparedHeaven And HellSummary Book:The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens ... Source: The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens ...
“The best picture has not yet been painted; the greatest poem is still unsung; the mightiest novel remains to be written; the divinest music has not been conceived, even by Bach. In science, probably ninety-nine percent of the knowable has not yet been discovered.” StillsOpportunityNovelWrittenPercentRemainsNineNinetyNinety NineBest Picture Book:Lincoln Steffens speaking Source: Lincoln Steffens speaking
