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Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our read more
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. -Ken Burns.
We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, read more
We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have-for their usefulness. -Thomas Merton.
Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself read more
Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. -Coco Chanel.
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. -Coco Chanel.
Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture read more
Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.
...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.
...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Sometimes, being strong means not holding back the tears but letting them fall.
Sometimes, being strong means not holding back the tears but letting them fall.
Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. -Doris Mortman.
Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. -Doris Mortman.
