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 Conservatism is the maintenance of conventions already in force.  All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup. We cannot safely assume that other people's minds work on the same principles as our own. All too often, others with whom we come in contact do not reason as we reason, or do not value the things we value, or are not interested in what interests us. Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being pessimistic and negative about our experiences will not enhance the quality of our lives. I never liked being a salesman. . . . Ever since I got my first two orders: Get out! and Stay out! Sadness is a state of sin. Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. We must therefore take account of this changeable nature of things and of human institutions, and prepare for them with enlightened foresight. The dreadful dead of dark midnight. Grow up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another. Unless you give yourself to some great cause, you haven't even begun to live. There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, and all things in succession. That which grows slowly endures. Injustice is a sixth sense, and rouses all the others. Whosoever would be a man must be a non-conformist. Unlike Christianity, which preached a peace that it never achieved, Islam unashamedly came with a sword. Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul, but his life. There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it. Men become old, but they never become good. You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned 70, or given up all hope of the Presidency. 
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