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All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
Nothing can work me damage except myself.
Nothing can work me damage except myself.
They're only truly great who are truly good.
They're only truly great who are truly good.
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
We will by conscious command evolve cerebral centers which will permit
us to use powers that we now are not read more
We will by conscious command evolve cerebral centers which will permit
us to use powers that we now are not even capable of imagining.
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born read more
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. He can only get a vision of the unselfish forces in the world by appealing to them, and every appeal is a call to arms. If he fights he must fight, not one man, but a conspiracy. He is always at war with a civilization. On his side is proverbial philosophy, a galaxy of invisible saints and sages, and the half-developed consciousness and professions of everybody. Against him is the world, and every selfish passion in his own heart.
There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.
There lies more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the
creeds.
The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and read more
The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and minds of men.