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 It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.  The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself. The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid. If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things. What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to lovel A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.... A determinate purpose in life, and a steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages, are indispensable conditions of success. a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man. A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing anxiety. All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted. All life is the struggle, the effort to be itself. The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities. Education, n: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Time is not a line, but a series of now-points. To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress. It is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you, but ever that of the present alone. Even this burden, too, can be lessened if you confine it strictly to its own limits. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. - Bible He who knows others is learned; He who knows himself is wise. - Lao-Tsze That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally. We've reached an age that when construction workers stare at us it's because they figure we might be considering a remodeling job. If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds. 
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