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It is a delicious moment, certainly, that of being well-nestled in bed and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep. The good is to come, not past; the limbs are tired enough to render the remaining in one posture delightful; the labor of the day is gone.
To associate with other like-minded people in small purposeful groups is for the great majority of men and women a source of profound psychological satisfaction.
Perfection is out of the question.
To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and value ... surely that is to lead the noble life.
Lost time is never found again.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Very few people go to the doctor when they have a cold, they go to the theatre instead.
The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.
I'm not convinced that the world is in any worse shape than it ever was. It's just that in this age of almost instantaneous communication, we bear the weight of problems our forefathers only read about after they were solved.
Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive, but do not forget.
Sometimes gentle, sometimes capricious, sometimes awful, never the same for two moments together; almost human in its passions, almost spiritual in its tenderness, almost Divine in its infinity.
God gave burdens, also shoulders.
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
It is this intangible thing, love in many forms, which enters into every therapeutic relationship. . . . And it is an element which binds and heals, which comforts and restores, which works what we have to call - for now - miracles.
Never trust the teller. Trust the tale.
So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft, 'With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.'
We live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our certain feet.
An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.
If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others?


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