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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to read more
Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, read more
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
Wise men still seek Him today.
Wise men still seek Him today.
to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more
to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best read more
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way.
