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A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.
A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.
"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all read more
"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.
Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?
Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care read more
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured read more
. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history and possibly the unhappiest.
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for read more
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual read more
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations
