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A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from read more
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look read more
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away read more
During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.
The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result read more
The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich. Consequently, the modern poor are not pitied but written off as trash. The twentieth-century consumer economy has produced the first culture for which a beggar is a reminder of nothing.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Wisdom is knowing the truth, and telling it. -Unknown.
Wisdom is knowing the truth, and telling it. -Unknown.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood read more
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.
There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.
There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.
