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The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, read more
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.
No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to read more
No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.
I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.
I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.
To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is read more
To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest decency. But it is from the far more difficult achievement of seeing ourselves amongst others, as a local example of the forms human life has locally taken, a case among cases, a world among worlds, that the largeness of mind, without which objectivity is self-congratulation and tolerance a sham, comes.
You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.
You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.
The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and read more
The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better.
Don't belive what others tell you. You belive in what you belive; there is nothing better.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
