Social intercourse -- a very limited thing in a half civilized country, becomes in our centers of civilization a great power. . .
Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom.
Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.
Everything that is possible demands to exist.
The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.
Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.
Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.
What does it matter, all is grace.
Companies that do not actively practice, study, and plan for crisis communications - as well, of course, crisis management - are doomed to fail when a crisis befalls them. Crises are, in a word, inevitable, and those macho companies that think, "it can't happen here," or if it does, "I can handle it," will suffer the hardest failures.
The acquisition of skills is not an end in itself. They are things to be put to use, and that use is their contribution to a common and shared life
Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People will be like, "Hey Jim, how ya do-" "I read a book! Two hundred and fifty pages!" "That's great, what was it about?" "No idea! Took me three years!"