“Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No matter how tightly you keep the lid on, there is some watered stock of vanity inside. You are always in danger of the thing's coming off and of giving yourself an air or two. No man or woman was ever so distinguished that this exhibition did not make him ridiculous, especially to those of meaner minds.” MenGivingMindTwoSelfMatterGrowsRealizingAirHonestDangerFameHumbleRidiculousVanityAccustomedNever QuitDistinguishedExhibitionsBeing FamousGiving Yourself Author:Corra May Harris
“one trouble with all the churches is that they have too many incurable saints in them, men and women who pray too much and do too little, who cannot forget their own selfish salvation enough to look after other people's without feeling their own spiritual pulse all the time they are doing it. Of late I've sometimes suspected that it is nearly as debilitating to stay in the church all the time as it would be to stay in a hospital all the time.” PeopleMenLooksLittlesSometimesEnoughFeelingsWould BeSpiritualReligionChurchForgetToo MuchTroublePrayingLateMen And WomenSalvationSaintSelfishHospitalsPulse Author:Corra May Harris
“So long as a man attends to his business the public does not count his drinks. When he fails they notice if he takes even a glass of root beer.” IfsMenLongDoeBusinessFailingDrinkRootsGlassesBeerRoot Beer Author:Corra May Harris