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No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting read more
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true.
Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him read more
Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment, the moment read more
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would read more
Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings read more
I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable read more
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the read more
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths
This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which read more
This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom.