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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?
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
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".
Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries.
Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries.
Sometimes in our confusion, we see not the world as it is, but the world though eyes blurred by the read more
Sometimes in our confusion, we see not the world as it is, but the world though eyes blurred by the mind.
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve read more
Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.
As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it read more
As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it because I'm behind it; it the folks out in front that I jar.
We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of read more
We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
