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 The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is of more worth than a thousand kinsmen.  Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. The slow rhythm of waiting. Babies are such a nice way to start people. 'Are you lost daddy?' I asked tenderly. 'Shut up,' he explained. Now is the only time we own; give, love, toil with a will. And place no faith in tomorrow, for the clock may then be still. Business is more exciting than any game. Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase. Before he sets out, the traveller must possess fixed interests and facilities, to be served by travel. If he drifted aimlessly from country to country he would not travel but only wander, ramble as a tramp. The traveller must be somebody and come from somewhere so his definite character and moral traditions may supply an organ and a point of comparison for his observations. Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other, to let her have it. We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do. The purpose of prayer is to reveal the presence of God equally present, all the time, in every condition. Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific problems, and for the ability to help other people as we have already thought they should be helped. In that case, we are asking God to do it our way. - Bill W. A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influence, to change. In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow, as the shadow comes with the sunshine. My wife converted me to religion. I never believed in hell until I married her. The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task. It is arrogance to expect that life will always be music.... Harmony, like a following breeze at sea, is the exception. In a world where most things wind up broken or lost, our lot is to tack and tune. 
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