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Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do
Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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