Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it - but there is.

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We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will...

We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will...

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its...

Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its...

Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the...

Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the...

It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it...

It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it...

Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is...

Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is...

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power...

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power...

How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you...

How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you...

There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted

If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism at...

If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism at...

Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always...

Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair...

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair...

Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material...

Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material...

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Hard work never did anyone any harm

Hard work never did anyone any harm

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working...

I don't pretend to tell people how to live their lives other than to do...

I don't pretend to tell people how to live their lives other than to do...

You moon the wrong person at an office party and suddenly you're not 'professional' any...

You moon the wrong person at an office party and suddenly you're not 'professional' any...