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We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have read more
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
Hatred can be overcome only by love.
Hatred can be overcome only by love.
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and read more
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get read more
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. [Matthew 26:41].
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is week. [Matthew 26:41].
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.
We are confronted by a first danger, the destructiveness of applied atomic energy. And then we are confronted by a read more
We are confronted by a first danger, the destructiveness of applied atomic energy. And then we are confronted by a second danger, that we do not enough appreciate the first danger.