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How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to read more
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle read more
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will read more
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to read more
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer read more
The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer
Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them
Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.
Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.
The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we read more
If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.