Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.
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Create Personalise WishesDo not say things….
Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
7In a mood of faith and…
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
8I don’t wait for moods….
I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
7Praise out of season,…
The person who tries to…
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
7Life without idealism…
None who have always been…
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
11The basic discovery about…
The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women.
26Every great mistake has…
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
12The secret of joy in work…
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
12It may be that religion…
It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.
11We send missionaries to…
We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won’t let them into our country.
13I love people. I love…
I love people. I love my family, my children . . . but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.
20I am comforted by life’s…
I am comforted by life’s stability, by earth’s unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of knowledge. It is good to know our universe. What is new is only new to us.
22A good marriage is one…
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the iniduals and in the way they express their love.
22I feel no need for any…
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.
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