Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you"re making.

Let a smile be your umbrella, and you"ll end up with a face full of rain. read more

• Thought Let Smile Umbrella End Up Face Full Rain

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A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth. read more

• Thought Pipe Gives Wise Man Time Think Fool Something Stick Mouth

Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world. read more

• Knowledge Experience Old Age Equalizes Aware What Happening Us Happened Untold Numbers from Beginning Time Young Act First People World

Love is the greatest refreshment in life. read more

• Thought Love Greatest Refreshment Life

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. read more

• Thought Same Thing Good Man Citizen

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. read more

• Thought Task Modern Educator Cut Down Jungles Irrigate Deserts

If you insist on keeping hell, (or even earth) you will never see heaven. If you accept heaven you will not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell read more

• Thought Insist Keeping Hell Even Earth See Heaven Accept Able Retain Smallest Most Intimate Souvenirs

You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. read more

• Thought Find Strength Wind by Trying Walk Against Lying Down

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ. read more

• Thought Some People Feel Guilty About Their Anxieties Regard Them Defect Faith They Afflictions Sins Like Take Our Share Passion Christ

Don"t imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call "humble" nowadays: he won"t be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who"s always telling you that, of course, he"s nobody. Probably all you"ll think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him. If you do dislike him, it will be because you feel a bit envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He won"t be thinking about himself at all. If anyone would like to acquire humility, I can, I think, tell him the first step. The first step is to realize that one is proud. And a biggish step, too. At least, nothing whatever can be done before it. If you think you"re not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed. read more

• Thought Imagine Meet Really Humble Man What Most People Call Nowadays Won Sort Greasy Smarmy Person Telling Course Nobody Probably Think About Seemed Cheerful Intelligent Chap Took Real Interest Said Do Dislike Feel Bit Envious Anyone Seems Enjoy Life Easily Thinking Himself Like Acquire Humility Tell First Step Realize Proud Biggish Too Least Nothing Whatever Done Before Conceited Means Very Indeed