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To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal read more
One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.
Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.
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.
You are at enmity with yourself.
You are at enmity with yourself.
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.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.
We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
