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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they read more
In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and read more
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as read more
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.
In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice.
In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice.
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they read more
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
