They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.
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Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.
There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.
Hatred can be overcome only by love.
Hatred can be overcome only by love.
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got read more
Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. However, to be sincere I must add that for me death is important only if it is not justified and rationalized by reason. For me death is the maximum of epicness and death.
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.
Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
