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.
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No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
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It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. read more
It all changed when I realized I'm not the only one on the planet who's scared. Everyone else is, too. I started asking people, "Are you scared, too?" "You bet your sweet life I am." "Aha, so that's the way it is for you, too." We were all in the same boat. That's probably what is so effective at our workshops. When I ask, "Who else feels like this?" the whole room of hands goes up. People realize they are not the only one who feels that way.
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Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in conflict with yourself.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.
I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.
Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It's all small stuff.
Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It's all small stuff.
A fault is sooner found than mended.
A fault is sooner found than mended.
Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.
Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.
Calamity is man's true touchstone.
Calamity is man's true touchstone.
