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Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity. Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing? I am what I am, so take me as I am! If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go. What does not destroy me, makes me strong. To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you. A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction. Day's sweetest moments are at dawn. He talks at the drop of a pause. I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain. We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. It's fun to get together and have something good to eat at least once a day. That's what human life is all about-enjoying things. The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny. God is love. Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. No matter what has happened, always behave as if nothing had happened. There are no perfect people - except, of course, my wife's first husband. To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun.
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