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Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...
For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a read more
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import read more
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have read more
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.