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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will read more
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows read more
To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows out a light.
Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for read more
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be read more
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Beryl Coronet".
Bear one another's burdens.
Bear one another's burdens.
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, read more
Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities?
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
