Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with
a person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but pouring
all right out just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a
faithful friendly hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping
and, with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.
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It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically
thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting read more
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically
thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most
gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
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.
Now the Name of Jesus is a concrete and powerful means of transforming men and women into their hidden, innermost read more
Now the Name of Jesus is a concrete and powerful means of transforming men and women into their hidden, innermost utmost reality.
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.
There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.
The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.
The rich live hand-to-mouth too-just on a higher level.
Law, without force, is impotent.
Law, without force, is impotent.
We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an read more
We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher
and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a
force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident
and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to
be taken over by our unquestioning self.
