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The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It
is for us to put read more
The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It
is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.
Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells
they occupied.
Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells
they occupied.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline
ourselves.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline
ourselves.
You are the land. The land is you.
You are the land. The land is you.
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, read more
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he read more
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we
understand about life, ourselves, and the world read more
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we
understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
'We must do something' is the unanimous refrain. 'You begin' is the deadening refrain. - The Saving Sense.
'We must do something' is the unanimous refrain. 'You begin' is the deadening refrain. - The Saving Sense.
