Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world, whereby, if the world will continually show some respect to the will, the will shall consent to be strenuous in its industry.

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Thinking is like loving or dying. Each of us must do it for ourselves.

Thinking is like loving or dying. Each of us must do it for ourselves.

But you are alone. Yet I never tell what you are. And if your face...

But you are alone. Yet I never tell what you are. And if your face...

And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness, all our lives win...

And just because God attains and wins and finds this uniqueness, all our lives win...

I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all...

I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all...

No baseness or cruelty of treason so deep or so tragic shall enter our human...

No baseness or cruelty of treason so deep or so tragic shall enter our human...

So far as we live and strive at all, our lives are various, are needed...

So far as we live and strive at all, our lives are various, are needed...

God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and...

God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and...

So, as one sees, I by no means deprive my world of stubborn reality, if...

So, as one sees, I by no means deprive my world of stubborn reality, if...

Interfere with the reality of my world, and you therefore take the very life and...

Interfere with the reality of my world, and you therefore take the very life and...

I never felt a feeling that I knew or could know to be unlike the...

I never felt a feeling that I knew or could know to be unlike the...

If I look to see what I ever did that, for all I now know,...

If I look to see what I ever did that, for all I now know,...

Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a...

Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a...

Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you...

Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you...

We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo,...

We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo,...

Ideas any one can mould as he wishes.

Ideas any one can mould as he wishes.

No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit...

No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit...

Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in...

Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in...

Work for a cause, not for applause... Live life to express, not to impress.

Work for a cause, not for applause... Live life to express, not to impress.

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

A good life is when you smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize...

A good life is when you smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...