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When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any read more
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, read more
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.
Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am read more
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the read more
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.
By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.
There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.
There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.