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My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I read more
My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the read more
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, read more
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.
There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just read more
There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.
If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war read more
If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with read more
Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and adjusting of balance between individual freedom and general order.
