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 We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different, and yet the same.  Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! Only great men may have great faults. Acceptance says, "True, this is my situation at the moment. I'll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I'll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me." Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst. There is only one answer to destruc-tiveness and that is creativity. Humor enables one to live in the midst of tragic events without becoming a tragic figure. They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. 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. To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A bumper sticker, if you will. A bore is a man who spends so much time talking about himself that you can't talk about yourself. I'll have to, as you say, take a stand, do something toward shaking up that system. ... Despair ... is too easy an out. Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride. Happiness is a result of the relative strengths of positive and negative feelings, rather than an absolute amount of one or the other. Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture. Always remember that you are an Englishman and therefore have drawn first prize in the lottery of life. You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it. You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think. Those who go to college and never get out are called professors. To all, to each, a fair good night, And pleasing dreams; and slumbers light. 
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