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 Not to go to the theatre is like making one's toilet without a mirror.  A mistake is simply another way of doing things. The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. Westward, Ho! Worry is most apt to ride you ragged not when you are in action, but when the day's work is done. Your imagination can run riot then ... your mind is like a motor operating without its load. If I could only see one miracle, just one miracle. Like a burning bush, or the seas part, or my uncle Sasha pick up a check. Don't use the conduct of a fool as a precedent. - Talmud This above all: to thine own self be true. It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice. For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you're not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn't going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness. Whilst Adam slept, Eve from his side arose; Strange his first sleep would be his last repose. Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is, "Don't grumble. Plug on!" Man is an abyss, and I turn giddy when I look down into it. Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results. We fear the thing we want the most. The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err, and err, and err again. But less, and less, and less. I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.... I had poems which were rewritten so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out. I never liked the middle ground-the most boring place in the world. It was founded upon a rock. - Matthew I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world. - Socrates 
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