“The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle”
“The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle”
“In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head”
“People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.”
“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. ”
“A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy, a wise man because he thinks what is easy is difficult”
“Travelling expands the mind rarely”
“A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular”