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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
Nothing can be done except little by little.
Nothing can be done except little by little.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
You either move toward something you love or away from something
you fear. The first expands. The second constricts.
You either move toward something you love or away from something
you fear. The first expands. The second constricts.
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making read more
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are
developed.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are
developed.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to read more
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he read more
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.