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When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more
When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.
You either move toward something you love or away from something
you fear. The first expands. The second constricts.
You either move toward something you love or away from something
you fear. The first expands. The second constricts.
Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do read more
Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.
The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a read more
The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.
Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she
would come in and sink my read more
Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she
would come in and sink my boats.
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to read more
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.
In oratory the will must predominate.
In oratory the will must predominate.
It takes guts to get out of the ruts.
It takes guts to get out of the ruts.
One man has enthusiasm !0 minutes, another !0 days, but it is the man who has it !0 years who read more
One man has enthusiasm !0 minutes, another !0 days, but it is the man who has it !0 years who makes a success of his life.
