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 It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.  We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domestic plants and animals, but rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves. Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals. Come, follow me, and leave the world to its babblings. It is never too late to be what you might have been. When you enter your secret chamber, take plenty of time before you begin to speak. Let quietude wield its influence upon you. Let the fact that you are alone assert itself. Give your soul time to get released from the many outward things. Give God time to play the prelude to prayer for the benefit of your distracted soul. There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not terminate. Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time. This world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. The insight to see possible new paths, the courage to try them, the judgment to measure results-these are the qualities of a leader. First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down. An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. The radiance in some places is so great as to be fairly dazzling . . . every crystal, every flower a window opening into heaven, a mirror reflecting the Creator. He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in continue firm and constant. - Socrates Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Man is a wanting animal - as soon as one of his needs is satisfied, another appears in its place. This process is unending. It continues from birth to death. Necessity does the work of courage. 
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