Man was predestined to have free will.

Man was predestined to have free will.

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.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real
life. But there was read more

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real
life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got
through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt
to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these
obstacles were my life.

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, read more

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not
sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset.

The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within
himself.

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within
himself.