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Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
In the book of life's questions, the answers are not in the back.
In the book of life's questions, the answers are not in the back.
The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works read more
The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.
Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to read more
Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.
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.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized read more
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.
Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one
unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten read more
Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one
unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with
each unit of effort.
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is
stronger than any physical force in read more
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is
stronger than any physical force in the universe.