Similaity and difference
Two persons may have quite similar qualities. On the other hand, it is also true to say that everybody in the world is different from everybody else because they are not exactly the same. No two people, anywhere, are exactly alike and no two people share exactly the same likes and dislikes. Each has his strong and weak points. In order to live fully and happily, each of us needs to fortify his good points and overcome his poor ones.
Similaity and difference
Two persons may have quite similar qualities. On the other hand, it is also true to say that everybody in the world is different from everybody else because they are not exactly the same. No two people, anywhere, are exactly alike and no two people share exactly the same likes and dislikes. Each has his strong and weak points. In order to live fully and happily, each of us needs to fortify his good points and overcome his poor ones.
On Optimism and Pessimism
There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degrees of health and wealth and the other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes miserable. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, and events, and the resulting effects upon their minds. One is said to be optimistic and the other pessimistic about everything around them. People who are to be happy fix their attention on the conveniences of things, the pleasant parts of co...
On Optimism and Pessimism
There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degrees of health and wealth and the other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes miserable. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, and events, and the resulting effects upon their minds. One is said to be optimistic and the other pessimistic about everything around them. People who are to be happy fix their attention on the conveniences of things, the pleasant parts of co...
The Effects of the Movies
Have you ever wondered how motion pictures affect you? Research studies show that movies do affect you, for good or ill, in quite different ways. Motion pictures give you information and add it to your store of knowledge. The films you see influence your ideas of right and wrong more than you may realize. When you see pictures presenting certain kinds of people or certain ideas in either a favorable or an unfavorable light, you tend to develop a similar feeling toward them. Motion pictures ma...
The Effects of the Movies
Have you ever wondered how motion pictures affect you? Research studies show that movies do affect you, for good or ill, in quite different ways. Motion pictures give you information and add it to your store of knowledge. The films you see influence your ideas of right and wrong more than you may realize. When you see pictures presenting certain kinds of people or certain ideas in either a favorable or an unfavorable light, you tend to develop a similar feeling toward them. Motion pictures ma...
Living Within Your Means
It is never a disgrace to say, 'I can not afford it.' It is shameful to commit yourself to expenditure you know you can not really afford and should not make just because someone else urges you to go against your own better judgment. I have respect for the person for who can say without any self-consciousness at all, simply and cheerfully, 'I can not afford it.' But I hate to hear a long-drawn-out explanation of why . As a matter of fact, we should never demand to know why...
Living Within Your Means
It is never a disgrace to say, 'I can not afford it.' It is shameful to commit yourself to expenditure you know you can not really afford and should not make just because someone else urges you to go against your own better judgment. I have respect for the person for who can say without any self-consciousness at all, simply and cheerfully, 'I can not afford it.' But I hate to hear a long-drawn-out explanation of why . As a matter of fact, we should never demand to know why...
Are Human Beings Alike ？
Although the basic structure of the human body is the same for all people, there are many individual differences. You are well aware of the differences in the size and shape of people's head, neck, legs, arms, eyes, ears, and nose. Because of these differences, you can tell one person from another. The internal body parts of people also differ! Internal features vary from person to person just as the external features vary. For example, the structure of the lungs of most people is basica...
Are Human Beings Alike ？
Although the basic structure of the human body is the same for all people, there are many individual differences. You are well aware of the differences in the size and shape of people's head, neck, legs, arms, eyes, ears, and nose. Because of these differences, you can tell one person from another. The internal body parts of people also differ! Internal features vary from person to person just as the external features vary. For example, the structure of the lungs of most people is basica...
