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Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing read more
Brady's First Law of Problem Solving: When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question: How would the Lone Ranger have handled this?
Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it read more
Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it behooves the witnesses of Christ to say that we do not have to abolish capitalism and establish socialism or communism, that sin can flourish under those systems as well. Christianity is not opposed to any social order, but to sin.
Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified read more
Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
Knute Rockne liked bad loser. He said good losers lose too often.
Knute Rockne liked bad loser. He said good losers lose too often.
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does read more
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are read more
Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.