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When you seek it, you cannot find it.
When you seek it, you cannot find it.
The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset.
The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset.
Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.
Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men read more
The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of read more
Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of knowledge. Just as a flaming fire reduces wood to
ashes Argina, so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why.
Then do it.
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why.
Then do it.
Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness read more
Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the locked-in-ness of human habitations are what human nature habitually abhors; while on the contrary, haze, mist, and the haunting spirits of the mountains are what human nature seeks, and yet can rarely find.
Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to
treat you.
Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to
treat you.
