Judgment consists not in seeing through deceptions and evil intentions, but in being able to awaken the decency dormant in every person.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. read more

• Thought Nothing Capable Well Set Music Nonsense

I write for the same reason I breathe because if I didn"t, I would die. read more

• Thought Write for Same Reason Breathe Die

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. read more

• Thought Realize Things Change Nothing Try Hold Afraid Dying Cannot Achieve

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. read more

• Thought Get Life What Courage Ask for

Failure isn"t fatal, but failure to change might be read more

• Thought Failure Fatal Change Might

A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness. read more

• Thought Soul Reluctant Share Does Rule Much Its Own Miserliness Symptom Meagerness

When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men. read more

• Thought Competition Ourselves Match Our Todays Against Yesterdays Derive Encouragement from Past Misfortunes Blemishes Moreover Leaves Unimpaired Benevolence Toward Fellow Men

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. read more

• Thought Savior Wants Turn Men Angels Much Hater Human Nature Totalitarian Despot Them Puppets

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. read more

• Thought Compassion Antitoxin Soul Even Most Poisonous Impulses Remain Relatively Harmless

Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience... The desire to escape or camouflage their unsatisfactory selves develops in the frustrated a facility for pretending -- for making a show -- and also a readiness to identify themselves wholly with an imposing spectacle. read more

• Thought Glory Largely Theatrical Concept Striving for Without Vivid Awareness Audience Desire Escape Camouflage Their Unsatisfactory Selves Develops Frustrated Facility Pretending Making Show Also Readiness Identify Themselves Wholly Imposing Spectacle