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The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul read more
The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.
Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been.
Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been.
The object of the superior man is truth.
The object of the superior man is truth.
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs.
My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs.
Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The read more
Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul.
