As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.
タグ: see, live, reflection, eyes

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The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.
タグ: need, more, power, life
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
タグ: rise, genius, talent, world
To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.
タグ: back, live, self, past
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.
タグ: literature, self, struggle, life
There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time.
タグ: any, he, some, time
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