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 We measure success and depth by length and time, but it is possible to have a deep relationship that doesn't always stay the same.  She has such a nice sense of rumor. It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to a different species. There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. - Cicero I know lots more old drunks than old doctors. Friends are a second existence. He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses, though he be not drunk. The double standard of morality will survive in this world so long as the woman whose husband has been lured away is favoured with the sympathetic tears of other women, and a man whose wife has made off is laughed at by other men. Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities. Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel; for it does not easily deface their own character, nor render their purposes indistinct. In my business, you measure your respect by the enemies you make. Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization. Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect. I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about equally unreal. With all humility, I think 'whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might,' infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbour as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbour; you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing. Fear is the single strongest motivating force in our lives. ... The more frightened you become, the better your chances of achieving success. If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going to be sunk, I can't stop it. I can use my time much better working on tomorrow's problem than by fretting about yesterday's. Besides, if I let those things get me, I wouldn't last long. Prayer honors God, acknowledges His being, exalts His power, adores His providence, secures His aid. To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage. Vasectomy means not ever having to say you're sorry. One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. 
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