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 Over-excitement and boredom are states of mind which I equally shun.  Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free. Hypocrites do the devil's drudgery in Christ's livery. The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness. I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. - Goethe The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. - Bible Once my wife gave me a wonderful birthday present. She let me win an argument. My own mind is my own church. We will not be driven by fear ... if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. It is not customary to love what one has. There are people who are very resourceful At being remorseful, And who apparently feel that the best way to make friends Is to do something terrible and then make amends. The full-grown modern human being ... is conscious of touching the highest pinnacle of fulfillment... when he is consumed in the service of an idea, in the conquest of the goal pursued. The game is not worth the candle. He that will not permit his wealth to do any good for others ... cuts himself off from the truest pleasure here and the highest happiness later. Poetry is a mug's game. Snow endures but for a season, and joy comes with the morning. Treat people as if they were what they should be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming. 
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