Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to the path which nature has marked out for him.
~ Goethe
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Create Personalise WishesQuite often, as life goes…
Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we are trapped in error, that we have allowed ourselves to be taken in by iniduals, by objects, have dreamt up an affinity with them which immediately vanishes before our waking eye; and yet we cannot tear ourselves away, held fast by some power that seems incomprehensible to us. Sometimes, however, we become fully aware and realize that error as well as truth can move and spur us on to action. Now because action is always a decisive factor, something really good can result from an active error, because the effect of all that has been done reaches out into infinity. So although creative action is certainly always best, destroying what has been done is also not without happy consequence.
~ Goethe
25 New opinions often appear…
New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.
9This is the true joy in…
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
22No question is so difficult…
When a man wants to murder…
When a man wants to murder a tiger, it’s called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it’s called ferocity.
13Patriotism is your conviction…
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
13If you have an apple and…
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
13If you cannot get rid…
We have not lost faith,…
Do not do unto others…
A fool’s brain digests…
A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
75Perhaps the greatest social…
Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and to mankind is to bring up a family.
8You see things; and you…
Democracy is a device…
I am of the opinion that…
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.
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