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Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.
Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.
One good act of vengeance deserves another.
One good act of vengeance deserves another.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. read more
It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, "Are you scared, too?" "You bet your sweet life I am." "Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too." We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, "Who else feels like this?" the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.
He who forsees calamities, suffers them twice over.
He who forsees calamities, suffers them twice over.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified read more
Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as read more
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.
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
