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Knowledge has always been a double-edged sword, but even though it contains the potential for violent thought, that does not mean it should be abolished.
Five enemies of peace inhabit us—avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If these were to be banished, we should enjoy perpetual peace.
Man has no greater enemy than himself.
There are many lessons to be learned in suffering. We would never learn to be brave if all evils were removed by the asking.
Some people live in a dream world, and others face reality, and then there are still others who turn one into the other.
that which we conceive in thought and marry to desire becomes real. Unfortunately, most lack the will to persist. They quit too soon. But for those who do not, the Medium provides the harvest.
Knowledge is always a sword with two edges. It cuts away falsehood but reveals hypocrisy.
Too much truth can lead to heresy.
‘We are slow to believe that which, if believed, would hurt our feelings.’
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest, as well as the keenest, dispositions discovered in the heart of nearly all people. Concealed talent brings no reputation.
