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 One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.  Writing is turning one's worst moments into money. We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest, and our attention to something besides ourselves. Soon after a heart-wrung decision, something inevitably occurs to cast doubt on your choice. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves your decision. Cats and monkeys - monkeys and cats - all human life is there. To find the good life you must become yourself. Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. The consistent thinker ... is either a walking mummy or else, if he has not succeeded in stifling all his vitality, a fanatical monomaniac. One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend. Science says: "We must live," and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable; wisdom says: "We must die," and seeks how to make us die well. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own. Each new season grows from the leftovers from the past. That is the essence of change, and change is the basic law. These are the stories that never, never die, that are carried like seed into a new country, are told to you and me and make in us new and lasting strengths. There is an illusion that has much to do with ... most of our unhappiness. ... We expect too much. Every word she writes is a lie, including and and the. Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Poor men's reasons are not heard. By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work 12 hours a day. Imitation is a necessity of human nature. 
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