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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.
Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by read more
Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
All rising to great place is by winding stair.
...in the course of the last century science has become so dizzy with its successes, that it has forgotten to read more
...in the course of the last century science has become so dizzy with its successes, that it has forgotten to ask the pertinent questions- or refused to ask them under the pretext that they are meaningless, and in any case not the scientists concern.
Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. read more
Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem is low, our resilience in the face of life's adversities is diminished. We crumble before vicissitudes that a healthier sense of self could vanquish. We tend to be more influenced by the desire to avoid pain than to experience joy. Negatives have more power over us than positives.
We often despise what is most useful to us.
We often despise what is most useful to us.
While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact that read more
While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact that many people have nothing useful to say.
The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.
The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.
