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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.
Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.
Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves read more
Humans have the ability to shift perspective. We can experience the world through our senses. Or we can remove ourselves from our senses and experience the world even less directly. We can think about our life, rather than thinking in our life. We can think about what we think about our life, and we can think about what we think about that. We can shift perceptual positions many times over.
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state read more
Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and mental culture.
Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.
Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste read more
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.
The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.
