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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 opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.
The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.
People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is read more
People Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar
or coffee and I will pay more read more
The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar
or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under
the sun.
The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It
is for us to put read more
The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It
is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.
Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
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 I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.
If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.
He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands
himself is more intelligent. He who controls read more
He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands
himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but
he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
