Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously read more
Fear of success can also be tied into the idea that success means someone else's loss. Some people are unconsciously guilty because they believe their victories are coming at the expense of another.
As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, read more
As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster. The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people.
Knute Rockne liked bad loser. He said good losers lose too often.
Knute Rockne liked bad loser. He said good losers lose too often.
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.
You are at enmity with yourself.
You are at enmity with yourself.
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did read more
I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.
