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He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.
K is for KENGHIS KHAN. _He_ was a very _nice_ person. History has no record of him. There is a read more
K is for KENGHIS KHAN. _He_ was a very _nice_ person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.
The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, read more
The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, produce both a readiness to sacrifice the self and a willingness to dissolve it by losing one's individual distinctness in a compact collective whole.
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone- that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows read more
It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone- that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows more than any man of, say, the Eighteenth Century, and is far more civilized. This assumption is quite erroneous...The great masses of men, even in this inspired republic, are precisely where the mob was at the dawn of history. They are ignorant, they are dishonest, they are cowardly, they are ignoble. They know little if anything that is worth knowing, and there is not the slightest sign of a natural desire among them to increase their knowledge.
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the read more
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
