It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything.

It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything.

The object of the superior man is truth.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you read more

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.

When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.

When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic read more

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.

Right is its own defense.

Right is its own defense.

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.

Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.