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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue. If you've got it, flaunt it. If you do not, pretend. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads. I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late. A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a very good chance of eventually being fought. Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. Like swimming, riding, writing or playing golf, happiness can be learned. None think the great unhappy, but the great. Prayer, to the patriarchs and prophets, was more than the recital of well-known and well-worn phrases-it was the outpouring of the heart. A good man showeth favor, and lendeth. We must have a better word than "prefabricated", why not "ready-made"? Nothing's far when one wants to get there. Prayer is a serious thing. We may be taken at our words. A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. Cost little less than new before they're ended. Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages. Disillusion is a natural stage that follows the holding of an illusion. God gives the milk but not the pail. Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the world.
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