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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Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.
Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision
is the promise of what you shall read more
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision
is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of
what you shall at last unveil.
Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of read more
Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of knowledge. Just as a flaming fire reduces wood to
ashes Argina, so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.
It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.
It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, at
the huge waves of the seas, at the long course read more
People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, at
the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of
rivers, at the vast compass of the oceans, at the circular motion of the
stars, and they pass themselves without even wondering.
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.
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
You're biggest expense is the money you don't make.
You're biggest expense is the money you don't make.
