God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
- Topic: Accountability, Choice, Fear
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.
The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the induction of a new order of things.
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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
The individual is not accountable to society for his actions, insofar as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the induction of a new order of things.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.
You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.
More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.
He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
