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The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. [Matthew 26:41].
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. [Matthew 26:41].
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.
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.
Success has made failures of many men.
Success has made failures of many men.
Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.
The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.
One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal read more
One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.