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.
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Nothing adventured, nothing attained.
Nothing adventured, nothing attained.
Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to read more
Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not.
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful read more
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see read more
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would read more
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other
discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life
unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away
from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the
end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy,
and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for
him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our read more
The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path
to its fulfillment.
