"Gradually the true Mason gains experience in..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.
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“Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.”
“Never, never, you must never either of you remind a man at work on a political job that he may be President.”
“There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.”
More on Self Improvement
“Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life. Each lapse is like the letting fall of a ball of string which one is carefully winding up; a single slip undoes more than a great many turns will wind again.”
“Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.”
“Do one thing everyday that scares you. Those small things that make us uncomfortable help us build courage to do the work we do.”
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“The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brain. The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.”
“Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.”
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