Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
wise men foolish-man
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
happiness greatness men
Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.
rights remember breeding
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.
freedom two light
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.
love cute happiness
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
time youth glad
Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.
intelligent behavior individual
When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.
practice two world
Habit and imitation--there is nothing more perennial in us than these two. They are the source of all working, and all apprenticeship, of all practice, and all learning, in this world.
health giving sick
The healthy know not of their health, but only the sick: this is the physician's aphorism, and applicable in a far wider sense than he gives it.
men epic tools
The true epic of our times is not "Arm's and the Man," but "Tools and the Man"--an infinitely wider kind of epic.
real blessed men
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose. ... Get your happiness out of your work or you will never know what real happiness is. ... Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work.
life positive sadness
The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.
brother philosophy philosopher
The philosopher is he to whom the highest has descended, and the lowest has mounted up; who is the equal and kindly brother of all.
school experience wages
Experience takes dreadfully high school-wages, but he teaches like no other.