by libraryleader | Mar 30, 2016 | Happiness, Happy
The experience of what pleases or displeases me, or of what helps or hurts me, is a good measure of the things I ought to do or avoid in my relationships with others.
by libraryleader | Mar 29, 2016 | Brave, Courage, Mistake, Mistakes, Respect, Valiant
An army chief on the battlefield has more respect for the soldier who, having once given way to flight, returns and attacks the enemy bravely than for the soldier who never turned tail, but neither ever performed any act of valor.
by libraryleader | Mar 29, 2016 | Difficult, Sad
Sadness debilitates us. It is like the heavy clay accumulating on the boots of a walker which, as well as befouling them, makes each step more difficult for him.
by libraryleader | Mar 19, 2016 | Action, Excellence, Habit, Habits
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
by libraryleader | Mar 16, 2016 | Read, Reading, World
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
