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Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on read more
Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.
If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
You can only be free if I am free.
You can only be free if I am free.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.
Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence. - A Letter to Myself.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, read more
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
