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What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You read more
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning -- and some of them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!
Gluttony is an emotional sign that something is eating us.
Gluttony is an emotional sign that something is eating us.
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, read more
Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
What is conceived well is expressed clearly.
What is conceived well is expressed clearly.
Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to read more
Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
Don't be afraid to take one large step because you can't cross a chasm in two small leaps. One generation read more
Don't be afraid to take one large step because you can't cross a chasm in two small leaps. One generation plants trees, and the next enjoys the shade. If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. -Unknown.
We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of read more
We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.
