The prevalent fear

The prevalent fear
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
  

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You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.
I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.
It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.
A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.
Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.
Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.
In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.
The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.