Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924) was an American writer who worked in the genre of inspirational prose writing about the ways to gain success in life. According to his philosophy of life, people can manage their lives as they create and transform the life around them themselves. 'If i Rest, I Rust' — a short philosophical essay by Orison Marden in which he expresses his philosophy of life. According to his ideas, a man willing to gain succcess must never rest for it's a straight way to degradation and he tells of a number of successful people who thought that way.