The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next...

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next...

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and...

To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and...

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused,...

If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused,...

No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit...

The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit...

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such...

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift...

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift...

All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference...

All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference...

It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from...

It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from...

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man...

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man...

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion,...

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion,...

How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other...

How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are...

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are...

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance...

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance...

Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and...

Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and...

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the...

Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the...