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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.
One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.
One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.
A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.
A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.
Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice read more
Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a read more
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
Even in the bleakest times, there are gifts to be discovered.
Even in the bleakest times, there are gifts to be discovered.
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
The highest qualities of character… must be earned.
The highest qualities of character… must be earned.
