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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.



You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.



Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented.



It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.



Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.



Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.



The self-styled intellectual who is impotent with pen and ink hungers to write history with sword and blood.



We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.



You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.



To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility



The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real "have notch" are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor



To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are



They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.



It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.



Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.








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