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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to read more
When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.
They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with read more
They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test read more
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, read more
Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival.
Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival.
