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When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart read more
When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart from us to live for. All forms of dedication, devotion, loyalty and self-surrender are in essence a desperate clinging to something which might give worth and meaning to our futile, spoiled lives.
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned.
Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned.
It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, read more
It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical?
In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.
In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.
Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: we are our own Huns.
Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: we are our own Huns.
There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for read more
There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same. - The Deer Park.
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best read more
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the read more
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.