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All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made read more
Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman's sink and a brilliant sculpture.
Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
To decide, to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in read more
To decide, to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life.
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited read more
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are read more
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.
Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down read more
Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and self-satisfaction.
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare read more
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
