No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity

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... every moment of our life has a purpose, that every action of ours, no matter how dull or routine

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The unknown," said Faxe's soft voice in the forest, "the unforetold, the unproven, that is what life

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If you alone found out what the lie was, then you're probably right—it would make no great differenc

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I am what some would say 'holy, and wholly other than you.' The problem is that many folks try to gr

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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order a

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Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take owner

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What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute.

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The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in t

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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational atti

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Life's managed, not cured.

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Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment an

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Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket

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True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get

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To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals r

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We live in deeds not years In thoughts not breaths In feelings not figures on a dial. We should coun

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down with hell and heaven and all the religious fussinfinity pleased our parents one inch looks good

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Because we have for millenia made moral, aesthetic, religious demands on the world, looked upon it w

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Where we choose to be, where we choose to be--we have the power to determine that in our lives. We c

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Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of deli

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