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 Though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.  Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women. Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health. What poison is to food, self-pity is to life. Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force. There is no greatness where there is not simplicity. The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. If we are willing to spend hours on end to learn to play the piano, operate a computer, or fly an airplane, it is sheer nonsense for us to imagine that we can learn the high art of getting guidance through communion with the Lord without being willing to set aside time for it. Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. We frequently hear of people dying from too much drinking. That this happens is a matter of record. But the blame almost always is placed on whisky. Why this should be I never could understand. You can die from drinking too much of anything - coffee, water, milk, soft drinks and all such stuff as that. And so long as the presence of death lurks with anyone who goes through the simple act of swallowing, I will make mine whisky. There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. It requires a strong constitution to withstand repeated attacks of prosperity. Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was provided to console us for what we are. Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring, fight one more round. Work means so many things! So many! Among other things, work also means freedom. ... Without it even the miracle of love is only a cruel deception. Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. The way to stop financial "joy-riding" is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile. I, woman, give birth: and this time to myself. 
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