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I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more
I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and read more
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.
The dousing wand
The lightning rod
Conductor's baton
Will's aligned spine
They find the water,
invoke the lightning
attract the read more
The dousing wand
The lightning rod
Conductor's baton
Will's aligned spine
They find the water,
invoke the lightning
attract the music
and summon angels' aid.
O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they read more
Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they ought to have done, and establish a rule the dictates of reason and conscience, rather than of the angry passions.
Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.
Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.
Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.
Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. read more
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.
Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
Children make the most desirable opponents in Scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
