The power which makes a man ...

The power which makes a man able to entertain a good impulse is the same as that which enables him to make a good gun; it is imagination.
The power which makes a man able to entertain a good impulse is the same as that which enables him to make a good gun; it is imagination.

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.
A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.
Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left.
The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.
Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest.