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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work read more
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin read more
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
One realizes the full importance of time only when there is little of it left. Every man's greatest capital asset read more
One realizes the full importance of time only when there is little of it left. Every man's greatest capital asset is his unexpired years of productive life.