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 I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth read more 
 I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can
know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to
serve, and I serve it in all lucidity. 
If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator read more
If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator rather than catering to it.
 Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a read more 
 Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking,
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved-to write a book. 
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
 People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals-that is, goals
that do not inspire them.  
 People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals-that is, goals
that do not inspire them. 
 A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an
action which does not proceed from read more 
 A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an
action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. 
 Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would read more 
 Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life
unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away
from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the
end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy,
and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for
him who has the vision to recognize it as such. 
I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this read more
I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.
Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else.
Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else.