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 Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.  You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, it's nothing against you to fall down flat, but to lie there - that's disgrace. If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. If I go to heaven I want to take my reason with me. No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid, but sainthood is also a thing that human beings must avoid. Joking about death-or anything else that oppresses us-makes it less frightening. You will suffer and you will hurt. You will have joy and you will have peace. The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. A happy life consists in tranquility of mind. - Cicero Never eat more than you can lift. So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean. Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex. Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people. One who was adored by all in prosperity is abhorred by all in adversity. Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey. God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest. Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? - Bible Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? 
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