Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

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The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities...

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this...

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this...

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it...

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make...

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make...

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the...

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

Politics is the art of preventing people from sticking their noses in things that are...

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works,...

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it...

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it...

If the business community and political elite want to go to war they find it...

If the business community and political elite want to go to war they find it...

Business will be either better or worse

Business will be either better or worse

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that...

The problem is not whether business will survive in competition with business, but whether any...

The problem is not whether business will survive in competition with business, but whether any...

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time...

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time...

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...