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.
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To the degree we can live without the things of this world, to that
degree we are wealthy.
To the degree we can live without the things of this world, to that
degree we are wealthy.
He who treads softly goes far.
He who treads softly goes far.
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it, is
as one who plows but does not sow.
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it, is
as one who plows but does not sow.
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too read more
It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.
Democracy without morality is impossible.
Democracy without morality is impossible.
Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.
Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.
Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.
Putting off an easy thing makes it hard, and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.
