Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

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Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based...

Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below...

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic...

Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic...

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of...

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of...

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until...

Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until...

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to...

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to...

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we...

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we...

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle...

A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to...

Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to...

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill...

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill...

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men,...

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men,...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...

I am a deeply superficial person.

I am a deeply superficial person.