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 Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face - the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited; and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.  With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. ... Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradicts everything you said today. Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it. One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations. I go at what I am about as if there was nothing else in the world for the time being. To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. Hope is a vigorous principle ... it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. We look upon prayer as a means of getting things for ourselves; The Bible idea of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself. Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves. Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue. Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them. Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. The critic is the duenna in the passionate affair between playwrights, actors and audiences - a figure dreaded, and occasionally comic, but never welcome, never loved. Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. A church debt is the devil's salary. Change is the only evidence of life. 
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