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You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.
You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.
A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied read more
A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.
I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.
I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.
There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We read more
Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the read more
Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.
Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.
Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.