Dead men cannot take effective action; their power of influence on others lasts only till the grave. Deeds and actions that energise others belong only to the living. Well, then, look at the facts in this case. The Saviour is working mightily among m...
They destroy lives with work. What for? They rob men of their lives. What for, I ask? My master—I lost my life in the textile mill of Nefidov—my master presented one prima donna with a golden wash basin. Every one of her toilet articles was gold....
In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes--courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, etc.--can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within u...
The man’s rights and the woman’s rights are the same size. They have the right to have their opinions and desires respected, to have a 50 percent say in decision making, to live free from verbal abuse and physical harm. Their children’s rights ...
I have now been an officer in this Church for a very long time. I am an old man who cannot deny the calendar. I have lived long enough and served in enough different capacities to have removed from my mind, if such were necessary, any doubt of the di...
[Johnny holds up a cross-shaped wreath Barbara bought for their father's grave] Johnny: Look at this thing. "We still remember"? I don't! You know, I don't even remember what the man looks like! Barbara: Johnny, it takes you five minutes. Johnny: Yea...
We are training not isolated men but a living group of men, - nay, a group within a group. And the final product of our training must be neither a psychologist nor a brickmason, but a man. And to make men, we must have ideals, broad, pure, and inspir...
Live and let live.
The life of an old man can be compared with the flame of a candle in a drought.
The wise man forgets insults as the ungrateful forget benefits.
Every smart man is an ignoramus who abuses his ignorance.
An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him.
A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.
He that's a wise man by day is no fool by night.
A brave man will face a situation no matter how dreadful.
Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.
The bad man thinks that everybody looks like him.
The friendship of a great man is like the shadow of a bush -- soon gone.
The man on his feet carries off the share of the man sitting down.
How great man would be were he not so arrogant.
As the wise man looks for a bridge the fool crosses the river.
