One faces the future with one's past.

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When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know...

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of...

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of...

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't...

We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't...

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore...

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore...

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the...

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the...

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself...

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself...

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

Love alone could waken love.

Love alone could waken love.

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of...

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to...

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of...

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of...

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.

A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and...

A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and...

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect...

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect...