As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing. less than 1 minute read
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do. less than 1 minute read
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary great minds in the commonplace. less than 1 minute read
In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you’re happy? less than 1 minute read
He’s a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. less than 1 minute read
Truth is, I’ll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour. less than 1 minute read
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. less than 1 minute read
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause. less than 1 minute read
