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The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a read more
The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
It's good to shut up sometimes.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.
I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.
It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; read more
It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.
Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on read more
Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.
Modernism may be seen as an attempt to reconstruct the world in the absence of God.
Modernism may be seen as an attempt to reconstruct the world in the absence of God.
I'm trying not to look too far ahead. All I'm thinking is one shot at a time, one hole at read more
I'm trying not to look too far ahead. All I'm thinking is one shot at a time, one hole at a time, and that's what I want to keep doing.
It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then read more
It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then give yourself a mental credit for each of them, however small. This will help you focus on what you have done instead of what you haven't gotten around to do. It may sound simplistic, but it works.
