More Trouble Is Caused In This World

The Deepest And Rarest Kind Of Courage Has Nothing To Do With Feats Or Obstacles In The Outside World; And, Indeed, Has Nothing To Do With The Outside World - It Is The Courage To Be Who You Are.

As We Grow Older, We Should Learn That These Are Two Quite Different Things. Character Is Something You Forge For Yourself; Temperament Is Something You Are Born With And Can Only Slightly Modify. Some People Have Easy Temperaments And Weak Characters; Others Have Difficult Temperaments And Strong Characters. We Are All Prone To Confuse The Two In Assessing People We Associate With. Those With Easy Temperaments And Weak Characters Are More Likable Than Admirable; Those With Difficult Temperaments And Strong Characters Are More Admirable Than Likable.

The Difference Between Patriotism And Nationalism Is That The Patriot Is Proud Of His Country For What It Does, And The Nationalist Is Proud Of His Country No Matter What It Does; The First Attitude Creates A Feeling Of Responsibility, But The Second A Feeling Of Blind Arrogance That Leads To War.

What The Ordinary Person Means By A 'miracle' Is Some Gross Distortion Or Suspension Of The Laws Of Nature... But Life Itself Strikes Him As Commonplace, When In Truth A Blade Of Grass Or A Neuron In The Brain Is A Greater Miracle.

Nice Things Are Done For Our Own Sake, Not For The Sake Of Others. The Pleasure Must Reside In The Performance, Not In The Applause. Good Deeds Are, In A Deeper Psychological Way, A Favor To Oneself. If This Is Not Grasped, Then Our Whole Sense Of Personal Relationships Becomes Warped.