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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for read more
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
Today is yesterday's pupil.
Today is yesterday's pupil.
Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare read more
Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as read more
Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly.
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves read more
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but read more
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
