“You are different from the really great man in only one thing: The great man, at one time, also was a very little man, but he developed one important ability: he learned to see where he was small in his thinking, and actions. Under the pressure of some task which was dear to him he learned better and better to sense the threat that comes from his smallness and pettiness. The great man, then, knows when and in what he is a little man.” ThinkingKnowsMenLittlesImportantDifferentActionAbilityOne ThingTasksPressureThreatDearGreat MenOne TimeReally GreatLittle ManSmallnessPettiness Author:Wilhelm Reich
“The present age delights in unearthing a great man's secrets; for one thing because we like to temper our admiration and also perhaps we have a vague hope of finding a clue to genius in such "revelations."” MenAgeSecretOne ThingGeniusFindingsDelightRevelationsGreat MenAdmirationTemperVagueClue Author:Andre Malraux
“A great many wise sayings have been uttered about the effects of solitary retirement; but the motives which impel men to seek it are not more various than the effects which it produces on different individuals. One thing is certain, that those who can with truth affirm that they are "never less alone than when alone," might generally add that they never feel more lonely than when not alone.” MenFeelsHas BeensDifferentMightCertainIndividualWiseOne ThingEffectsLonelinessProduceLonelyAddVariousMotiveGreat MenRetirementWise SayingsSolitaryNot Alone Book:Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd Source: Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd
“God will put up with a great many things in the human heart, but there is one thing that He will not put up with in it--a second place. He who offers God a second place, offers Him no place.” HumansHeartOne ThingOffersGods WillGreat MenHuman HeartIdolatrySecond Place Book:Precious Thoughts Source: Precious Thoughts
“Hoover, if elected, will do one thing that is almost incomprehensible to the human mind: he will make a great man out of Coolidge.” IfsMenMindHumansHumorFunnyOne ThingGreat MenHuman MindHoover Author:Clarence Darrow