The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.
The case against censoring anything is absolute:. . . nothing that could be censored can be so bad in its effects, in the long run, as censorship itself.
Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future.
[On the English climate:] People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you don't try to predict what.
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.
It beats me how Freud could say "What do women want?" as if we all must want the same thing.
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
It is not a lack of spiritual experience that leads to failure, but a lack of working to keep our eyes focused and on the right goal. At least once a week examine yourself before God to see if your life is measuring up to the standard He has for you. Paul was like a musician who gives no thought to audience approval, if he can only catch a look of approval from his Conductor.
I am not going to condemn anybody. That's where religion gets a bad name, when people get holier than thou. We are all human. If my children make a mistake, I want them to know it is all right and they should try harder next time.
Truth in our ideas means their power to work.
The essence of true education in one's life is to show the presence of mind, heart and soul to sense everything right.