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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them.
Who speaks reason to his fellow man bestows it upon them.
A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.
A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.
Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine read more
Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine to be in God's mind, and it is really difficult for human intelligence to guess at a divine intelligence. What we usually end up with by this sort of reasoning is to make God the color-sergeant of our army and to make Him as chauvinistic as ourselves.
Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.
Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.
In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, read more
In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, the static routine of tradition continues.
The rational individualist is not the enemy of benevolence or civility, but their truest exemplar.
The rational individualist is not the enemy of benevolence or civility, but their truest exemplar.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
