How, then, find the courage for action? By slipping a little into unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct which holds one to the earth and dictates the relatively good and useful. ... By accepting the human condition more simply, and candidly, by dreading troubles less, calculating less, hoping more.
タグ: courage

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For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
タグ: nothing, will, energy, action
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
タグ: back, secret, always, joy, problems
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
タグ: his, slave, who, man, life
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
タグ: survival, animal, humanity, man
Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
タグ: uncertainty, hope
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