My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I have
chosen to be. (from James Allen).

My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I have
chosen to be. (from James Allen).

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works read more

The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money. Lying works, if you don't give a damn about your personal integrity. Literally anything, no matter how monstrously immoral will work, depending on your desires and how you define the term work,.

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.

If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.

Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of
others.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of
others.