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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.
I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.
If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the
educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We read more
We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the
educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed
ourselves to this problem before.
Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries around in
his pocket. The more he has, the read more
Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries around in
his pocket. The more he has, the more they weigh him down.
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.
Law, without force, is impotent.
Law, without force, is impotent.
Children need models rather than critics.
Children need models rather than critics.
Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.
Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.