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Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.
Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
I feel bad that I don't feel worse.
I feel bad that I don't feel worse.
You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best read more
You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.
Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.
Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.
The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of read more
The images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them, or a shirking of ethical responsibility, deprives him of his wholeness and imposes a painful fragmentariness on his life.
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows read more
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
People see the world not as it is, but as they are.
People see the world not as it is, but as they are.