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Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of read more
Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.
Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.
He's no failure. He's not dead yet.
He's no failure. He's not dead yet.
Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously read more
Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously guilty because they believe their victories are coming at the expense of another.
Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got read more
Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. However, to be sincere I must add that for me death is important only if it is not justified and rationalized by reason. For me death is the maximum of epicness and death.
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26].
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26].
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We read more
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.
