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It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but read more
It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but what’s in it for all of us? And when you ask that simple question - what’s in it for all of us? - the direction not taken in America could not be more clear or compelling.
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either read more
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and read more
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favour in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature or do the children of men read more
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature or do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.
Security is an illusion. Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all.
The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only read more
The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change, adapting old ideas that have outlived their usefulness to current facts.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life then of death.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life then of death.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole read more
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
