to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.
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Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and read more
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.
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No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.
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Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.
When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But read more
When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
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When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius.
