What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his place is and may be. He needs an objective and a purpose. He needs a feeling and a belief that he has some worthwhile thing to do. What this is no one can tell him. It must be his own creation. Its success will be measured by the nature of his vision, what he has done to equip himself, and how well he has performed along the line of its development.
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When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more
When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.
How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.
Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to read more
The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.
Welcome the task that makes you go beyond yourself.
That which offends the ear will not easily gain
admission to the mind.
That which offends the ear will not easily gain
admission to the mind.
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
