Humility
By all means let us have humility, but let us have the right amount of humility. Enough to keep us teachable yet no so much that we think we are incapable of anything worthwhile.
Psychology
HERACLITUS
FRAGMENTS (Circa 500 B.C.) Heraclitus | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy If happiness consisted in the pleasures of the body, we should call oxen happy whenever they come across bitter vetch to eat. The sun is new everyday. The one is made up of all things, and all things of the one. How can one hide … Read moreHERACLITUS
The Success System That Never Fails
W. Clement Stone – The Success System That Never Fails (1962) “Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying. Where there is nothing to lose by trying and everything to gain by trying, by all means try.” “When thoughts don’t neutralize am undesirable emotion, action will.” “Time is one of the most important … Read moreThe Success System That Never Fails
Existentialism and Modern Literature
BY DAVIS DUNBAR MCELROY Ph.D. 1963 By all means let us take life seriously, but let us be serious about the things that matter. Spinoza’s concept of God as the sum of all natures forces which rule the universe and of the phenomena which result from them has given me the greatest of satisfaction. The … Read moreExistentialism and Modern Literature
Self-Reliance
“There is guidance for all of us and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.” “There is a certain wisdom of humanity which is common to the greatest an as with the lowest and which our ordinary education often labors to silence and obstruct.” “We are wiser than we know, do the thing … Read moreSelf-Reliance
Sigmund Freud – On Dreams
“What is common in all of these dreams is obvious. They completely satisfy wishes excited during the day which remain unrealized. They are simply undisguisedly realizations of wishes.” “An idea merely existing in the region of possibility is replaced by a vision of its accomplishment.” “We have learned that the most intelligible and meaningful dreams … Read moreSigmund Freud – On Dreams