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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The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.
The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivation, you're down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you're moving.
Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for read more
Fear of error which everything recalls to me at every moment of the flight of my ideas, this mania for control, makes men prefer reason's imagination to the imagination of the senses. And yet it is always the imagination alone which is at work.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.
It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.
It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just read more
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
Fear is the biggest motivator.
Fear is the biggest motivator.
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
The art of losing isn't hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that read more
The art of losing isn't hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
