He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
ELBERT HUBBARDFormal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
More Elbert Hubbard Quotes
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The worst thing about medicine is that one kind makes another necessary
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I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
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Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.
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Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
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Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent – the power to do the right thing the first time.
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The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
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The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.
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Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.
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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
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All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody – benefiting humanity – and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
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Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.
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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.
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Make two grins grow where there was only a grouch before.
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