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When we can't dream any longer, we die.
When we can't dream any longer, we die.
The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim read more
The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.
The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself.
The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself.
Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine read more
Everything that we think God has in his mind necessarily proceeds from our own mind; it is what we imagine to be in God's mind, and it is really difficult for human intelligence to guess at a divine intelligence. What we usually end up with by this sort of reasoning is to make God the color-sergeant of our army and to make Him as chauvinistic as ourselves.
There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism.
There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism.
There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives.
There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives.
The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach.
The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.
It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.