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 Why did God make man before he made woman? Because he didn't want any advice on how to do it.  We trust, sir, that God is on our side. It is more important to know that we are on God's side. Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things. Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to. Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job. The English nation is never so great as in adversity. People are afraid of the future, of the unknown. If a man faces up to it, and takes the dare of the future, he can have some control over his destiny. That's an exciting idea to me, better than waiting with everybody else to see what's going to happen. God creates the animals, man creates himself. Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could. What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to lovel We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked ... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God, and so there's no room left for worry thoughts. The world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, And if we did our duty, it might be as full of love. Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Though life is made up of mere bubbles, 'Tis better than many aver, For while we've a whole lot of troubles, The most of them never occur. Never swap horses crossing a stream You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. Happy is he that chastens himself. 
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