Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs
and honor those whom they have slain. The read more

Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs
and honor those whom they have slain. The Brothers Karamazov
.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

We are digging our graves with our teeth.

We are digging our graves with our teeth.

Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the read more

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too read more

It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

In selling as in medicine, prescription before diagnosis is
malpractice.

In selling as in medicine, prescription before diagnosis is
malpractice.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.