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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. - William ShakespeareIt ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand. - Mark TwainWho is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin FranklinPolitics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once. - Winston Churchill |
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We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way. Sports allow men to build up situations of emergency. What he then demands of himself is unnecessary achievement - and unnecessary sacrifice. He artificially creates the tension that he has been spared by affluent society. Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment. The last of the human freedoms: to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment. |
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