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Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge-that myth is
more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more read more
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge-that myth is
more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than
facts-that hope always triumphs over experience-that laughter is the only
cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
To think is to practice brain chemistry.
To think is to practice brain chemistry.
Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.
Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled read more
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at
fifteen your double, and after that, your friend read more
Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at
fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe depending on
his bringing up.