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There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself.
It is sad to grow old, but nice to ripen.
Begin with another's to end with your own.
I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline, the sensations, but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly, to try to understand things.
A child's a plaything for an hour.
All things are subject to change, and we change with them. (Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.)
The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned, and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
If you don't concentrate, you'll end up on your rear.
For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you're not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn't going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
So far war has been the only force that can discipline a whole community, and until an equivalent discipline is organized, I believe that war must have its way.
Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.
If one defines the term 'dropout' to mean a person who has given up serious effort to meet his responsibilities, then every business office, government agency, golf club and university faculty would yield its quota.
There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.
Conscience is a sacred sanctuary where God alone may enter as judge.
The Englishman respects your opinions, but he never thinks of your feelings.
Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of the door.


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