Its not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who arent like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.
But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
I cannot afford to overlook the influence that other people may have on me. It might seem like a simple everyday occurrence - my friends tell me in the strictest
confidence that such and such a person is like this and does so-and-so. I listen and accept without question because of the friendship. My attitude and actions
then become influenced by my friend's words, and I find myself acting and reacting in accordance with the information fed to me. This is the negative influence
of gossip in action.
What we know as 'life' is the analytical realization in the seriality of time of our eternal reality.
Everything depends on our thinking. If I think in the right way I will be light. If I think in a wasteful way I'll be heavy. Waste thoughts are dangerous. They waste my time. They allow the past to come alive, then I forget the present and question the future.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that
he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential.
My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.
