The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

for those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already earned my contempt, for they were given read more

for those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already earned my contempt, for they were given a large brain by accident when a spinal chord would have sufficed.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he read more

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it
is because he will not.
[Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann
nicht, so will er nicht.]

The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
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The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
Serene, and resolute, and still,
And calm, and self-possessed.

And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

And binding nature fast in fate,
Left free the human will.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.

No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.

The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.