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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We are digging our graves with our teeth.
We are digging our graves with our teeth.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
Those of little faith are of little hatred.
Those of little faith are of little hatred.
A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.
Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and read more
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and exchange ideas that religious beliefs begin to be eroded. No one changes his beliefs without some instigation, some novel experience, some modification of the customary course of things, and in a closed society people believe what all their fellows obviously believe. Only when they are brought into contact with persons whom they respect holding different views do they begin to look at their inherited beliefs critically.
We find comfort among those who agree with us-growth among those who don't.
We find comfort among those who agree with us-growth among those who don't.
A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.
A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.
