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.
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Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.
Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
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People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.
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Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
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No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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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.
