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They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the read more
They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed
Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breath, and have read more
Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breath, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.
Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape read more
Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers.
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still. read more
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still. . . must close our minds
for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our
conclusions.
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'.
The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'.
