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It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he read more
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool read more
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its
efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God
forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.
My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.
You don't get to control any outcome, only every choice you make along
the way.
You don't get to control any outcome, only every choice you make along
the way.