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Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, read more
Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All read more
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.
O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there,
From me, whose love was of that dignity
That it read more
O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there,
From me, whose love was of that dignity
That it went hand in hand even with the vow
I made to her in marriage, and to decline
Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor
To those of mine!
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind
That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff
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We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind
That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff
And good from bad find no partition.
Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on read more
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
