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If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad
company.
If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad
company.
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to read more
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.
The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter
succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle.
The most read more
The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter
succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle.
The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent
nonaggressiveness. This is called the mastery of men.
Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back and
forth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark read more
Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back and
forth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance of
death.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all that we need to make read more
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief
requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something
to be enthusiastic about.
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.
If you can't return a favor, pass it on.
If you can't return a favor, pass it on.