Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of…

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The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour,...

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour,...

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to...

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to...

Its so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

Its so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done,...

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, Thy will be done,...

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to...

We all want progress, but if youre on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

We all want progress, but if youre on the wrong road, progress means doing an...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

Thirty was so strange for me. Ive really had to come to terms with the...

Thirty was so strange for me. Ive really had to come to terms with the...

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the...

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of...

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.