Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are more willing to follow their own vision, even when it takes them far from the mainland of the human community. Unexplored places do not frighten them- or not, at any rate, as much as they frighten those around them. This is one of the secrets of their power. That which we call "genius" has a great deal to do with courage and daring, a great deal to do with nerve.
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Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness.
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Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
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We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries greater weight than our self-interest.
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Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.
