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 Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.  Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist. Opportunity knocks at every man's door once. On some men's door it hammers till it breaks down the door and then it goes in and wakes him up if he's asleep, and ever afterward it works for him as a night watchman. The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them. There can be no friendship when there is no freedom. Friendship loves the free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures. After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one. When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears? - Juvenal Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power. Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. - Plato The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success. Each time a new baby is born there is a possibility of reprieve. Each child is a new being, a potential prophet, a new spiritual prince, a new spark of light precipitated into the outer darkness. My mother always said that every time you do a good deed here on Earth, you're storing up a treasure in heaven. Which means Mother Teresa's probably got some beachfront property up there and I'm up to a box of Milk Duds and a Pez dispenser. It is the heart which experiences God, not the reason. I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over. To accomplish our destiny ... we must cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. He looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say "when." A believer, a mind whose faith is consciousness, is never disturbed because other persons do not yet see the fact which he sees. Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee. - Bible Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. 
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