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 I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.  Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. A man is known by the company he keeps. We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once it's gone-its value is incontestable. Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. Real prayer seeks an audience and an answer. The Canadian dialect of English . . . seems roughly to be the result of applying British syntax to an American vocabulary. Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be. Self-complacency is fatal to progress. I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in. - Matthew As in political, so in literary action, a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices. Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. Faith is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience. We are oftener treacherous through weakness than through calculation. The situation is one something like living with your wife. Sometimes it is difficult and even irritating to live with her, but it is always impossible to live without her. Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice. The moment an individual can accept and forgive himself, even a little, is the moment in which he becomes to some degree lovable. If people are suffering, then they must look within themselves. ... Happiness is not something ready-made [Buddha] can give you. It comes from your own actions. You have to believe in happiness, or happiness never comes. 
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