Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in read more

Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.

I will not choose what many men desire,
Because I will not jump with common spirits
And read more

I will not choose what many men desire,
Because I will not jump with common spirits
And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
[Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.
[Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.

But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from read more

But one thing is needful: and Math hath chosen that good part,
which shall not be taken away from her.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis.

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

What voice did on my spirit fall,
Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?
'Tis better to have read more

What voice did on my spirit fall,
Peschiera, when thy bridge I crost?
'Tis better to have fought and lost
That never to have fought at all!