The question that faces every man born into this world is not what should be his purpose, which he should set about to achieve, but just what to do with life? The answer, that he should order his life so that he can find the greatest happiness in it, is more a practical question, similar to that of how a man should spend his weekend, then a metaphysical proposition as to what is the mystic purpose of his life in the scheme of the universe.
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There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.
There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.
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.
The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a read more
The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a whole, even though the aura of scientific processes and results is often appropriated by other intellectuals.
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it read more
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
There are in fact four very different stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man read more
There are in fact four very different stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge.
