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I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
What's meant to be will always find a way.
What's meant to be will always find a way.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or
inhabitants.
The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or
inhabitants.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to
improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
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.
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.
