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 The entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.  Once during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule; to a fourth, of poverty; to a fifth, of loneliness ... for all of us, our particular creature waits in ambush. Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both. One father is more than 100 schoolmasters. It is not opposition but indifference which separates men. I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. Five great enemies to peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you. I've been failing for, like, ten or eleven years. When it turns, it'll turn. Right now I'm just tryin' to squeeze through a very tight financial period, get the movie out, and put my things in order. He's like a football coach who's smart enough to win the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances. One arrow does not bring down two birds. Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord. Most persons have died before they expired - died to all earthly longings, so that the last breath is only, as it were, the locking of the door of the already deserted mansion. He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go. What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper and pocket your shilling. You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey-double and treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day. 
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