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To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be read more
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it -- this is a hard lesson.
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Conceits and Caprices.
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant. - Conceits and Caprices.
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.
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and read more
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.
To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is read more
To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest decency. But it is from the far more difficult achievement of seeing ourselves amongst others, as a local example of the forms human life has locally taken, a case among cases, a world among worlds, that the largeness of mind, without which objectivity is self-congratulation and tolerance a sham, comes.
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
