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HEALTH
A talent somewhat...
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than...
A person of...
A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He...
Each man must...
Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the...
So far as...
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as...
There is hardly...
There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some...
Could anything be...
Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of...
The bashful are...
The bashful are always aggressive at heart.
Source: Human Nature and the Social...
It is surely...
It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on...
To have no...
To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine,...
The general fact...
The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by...
To get away...
To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief...
The mind is...
The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.
We are born...
We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the...
If we divine...
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and...
To cease to...
To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.
Source: Human Nature and the Social...
Sadness does not...
Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. ...
Man's characteristic privilege...
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed...
Reality seems valueless...
Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore...
The wise man,...
The wise man, knowing how to enjoy achieved results without having constantly to replace them with others, finds in...
Too cheerful a...
Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among...