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Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...
For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...
You are at enmity with yourself.
You are at enmity with yourself.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the read more
The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as read more
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.
Failure is an event, never a person.
Failure is an event, never a person.
