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No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt,
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.
The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in read more
The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in the only way which every ultimately does great god, that is, of helping them to help themselves.
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise read more
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf:
Content to know and be unknown:
Whole in himself.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother read more
It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea
The price of greatness is responsibility.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for read more
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God
