"Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece—by thought, choice, courage and determination."
''With our principles we seek to rule our habits with an iron hand, or to justify, honor, scold, or conceal them:two men with identical principles are likely to be seeking fundamentally different things with them.''
on the contrary circumstances, make the person.Sigmund Freud said give me a bunch of kids and i will raise them to be doctors scientists or killers according to the habitat TiNy
Have a heart that never hardens; a temper that seldom flares and a touch that never hurts. Charles Dickens Sorry Dicknes if so then we are angles. TiNy
Men do not invent Myths. They only invent fables, and tell lies. True Myths create themselves, and find their expression in the men who serve their purpose TiNy
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You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
TiNy
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.”
TiNy
A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.
Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
TiNy
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
''You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.''
Every man has three characters – that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
''There never was a good knife made of bad steel.''
"Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece—by thought, choice, courage and determination."
We are what we seem to be
''He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.''
“We talk on principle but we act on interest.’’
“Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right.''
"No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character."
TiNy
Our lives teach us who we are
''With our principles we seek to rule our habits with an iron hand, or to justify, honor, scold, or conceal them:two men with identical principles are likely to be seeking fundamentally different things with them.''
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity."
TiNy
Character, not circumstance, makes the person.
"Things are not always as they seem."
on the contrary circumstances, make the person.Sigmund Freud said give me a bunch of kids and i will raise them to be doctors scientists or killers according to the habitat
TiNy
Character= Genes+ environment+ personal will+ God's will
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Have a heart that never hardens; a temper that seldom flares and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens
Sorry Dicknes if so then we are angles.
TiNy
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
“When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.”
TiNy
''He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.''
Example has more followers than reason.
“Bad company corrupts good character
TiNy
''Myths which are believed in tend to become true.''
Mystics always hope that science
will some day overtake them.
TiNy
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
Men do not invent Myths. They only invent fables, and tell lies. True Myths create themselves, and find their expression in the men who serve their purpose
TiNy
Sometimes myths make reality, and become more useful than the facts.
One may as well preach a respectable mythology as anything else.
TiNy
''I am not a myth.''
Noting is more difficult than competing with a myth.
TiNy
''MYTHs are public dreams, dreams are private MYTHs.''
The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. . . .”
Life can change on a dime, so I always try to carry extra change
TiNy
''The fairies went from the world, dear,
Because men's hearts grew cold:
And only the eyes of children see
What is hidden from the old...''
"What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us."
Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder
TiNy
''If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.''
''If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.''
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