“All problems become smaller when you confront them instead of dodging them.”
–William Halsey Jr.
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“Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.”
“Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.”
“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.”
“One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.”
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
“Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields… Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity.”