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Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, read more
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, in all
we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our
subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she
would come in and sink my read more
Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she
would come in and sink my boats.
Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission:
"While the world perishes we go our way: read more
Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission:
"While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless,
day after day.".
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the read more
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.
If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.
If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.
The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job
application form.
The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job
application form.
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an
ideal always before him, causes it, read more
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an
ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried
deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its
generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time
and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought
unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your
faculties and powers become directed to that end.
It is overdoing the thing to die for love.
It is overdoing the thing to die for love.
