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Those who always wait for someone or something to push them to act in line with their purpose may never read more
Those who always wait for someone or something to push them to act in line with their purpose may never achieve anything great in their lives.
Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Never cut what you can untie.
Never cut what you can untie.
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when read more
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their read more
Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if
he is to be ultimately at read more
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if
he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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,.
I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to
complain about what you have than it is to read more
I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to
complain about what you have than it is to ask for what you want.