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.
Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination … - Corra May Harris
Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination …
- Corra May Harris
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly. - Corra May Harris
The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.
The deadly monotony of Christian country life where there are no beggars to feed, no drunkards to credit, which are among the moral duties of Christi… - Corra May Harris
The deadly monotony of Christian country life where there are no beggars to feed, no drunkards to credit, which are among the moral duties of Christi…
I believe if we can wait long enough that every honorable sorrow will become a kind of joy. - Corra May Harris
I believe if we can wait long enough that every honorable sorrow will become a kind of joy.
war is a ferocious form of insanity. Nothing can justify it. - Corra May Harris
war is a ferocious form of insanity. Nothing can justify it.
sanity, in my opinion, is an achievement. I have seen very few well-balanced people in my life who were not dunces. - Corra May Harris
sanity, in my opinion, is an achievement. I have seen very few well-balanced people in my life who were not dunces.
If you wish to collect complimentary material for a record of yourself, never appeal to your relations. They may be proud of you as an asset to the f… - Corra May Harris
If you wish to collect complimentary material for a record of yourself, never appeal to your relations. They may be proud of you as an asset to the f…
I have long suspected that the power of speech is not a power at all, but a mere form of hysteria from which the living that really know the truth ne… - Corra May Harris
I have long suspected that the power of speech is not a power at all, but a mere form of hysteria from which the living that really know the truth ne…
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… - Corra May Harris
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…
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