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I quote others in order to better express myself.
I quote others in order to better express myself.
The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.
The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. read more
Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius.
To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.
To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood read more
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.
Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
