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The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings,
goes but to build up great fortunes, to read more
So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings,
goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury, and make
sharper the contest between the House of Have and the House of
Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent.
Doubt can only be removed by action.
Doubt can only be removed by action.
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.
'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
And since, methinks, read more
'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast,
Because sweet flow'rs are slow and weeds make haste.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
All rising to great place is by a winding stair.
All rising to great place is by a winding stair.
A man is known by the silence he keeps.
A man is known by the silence he keeps.
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.