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 The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.  The attainment of justice is the highest human endeavor. That is the principal thing: not to remain with the dream, with the intention, with the being in the mood, but always forcibly to convert it into all things. Behind an able man there are always other able men. Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. I would say that the single most important conclusion I reached, after traveling through Japan, as well as countless hours reading, studying, and analyzing this fascinating culture, is that you should always tighten the cap on the shampoo bottle before you put it in your suitcase. The bluebird carries the sky on his back. To the being of fully alive, the future is not ominous but a promise; it surrounds the present like a halo. The exercise of prayer, in those who habitually exert it, must be regarded by us doctors as the most adequate and normal of all the pacifiers of the mind and calmers of the nerves. Violence is essentially wordless, and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down. The great cathedral space which was childhood. A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. My center is giving way, my right is in retreat: situation excellent. I am attacking. Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once. To feel sorry for oneself is one of the most disintegrating things the individual can do to himself. Make us happy and you make us good. The reason that husbands and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to different sexes. There is something pleasurable in calm remembrance of a past sorrow. - Cicero We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. My helpless friend, your helplessness is the most powerful plea which rises up to the tender father-heart of God. You think that everything is closed to you because you cannot pray. My friend, your helplessness is the very essence of prayer. 
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