Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
SYDNEY J. HARRISThere are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
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Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the object of its hatred.
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Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.
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Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is the ability to introduce elements of playfulness into work, and to put some constructive labor into our leisure.
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Agnosticism is a perfectly respectable and tenable philosophical position; it is not dogmatic and makes no pronouncements about the ultimate truths of the universe. It remains open to evidence and persuasion; lacking faith, it nevertheless does not deride faith.
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Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.
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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
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Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves – so how can we know anyone else?
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Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?
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We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
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And to assert defensively at the outset that he is happily married, the father of four children and the one-time adornment of his college boxing, track and tennis teams.
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure.
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An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter.
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Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
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Honesty consists of the unwillingness to lie to others; maturity, which is equally hard to attain, consists of the unwillingness to lie to oneself.
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When we have “second thoughts” about something, our first thoughts don’t seem like thoughts at all – just feelings.
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When we inform, we lead from strength; when we communicate, we lead from weakness-and it is precisely this confession of mortality that engages the ears, heads and hearts of those we want to enlist as allies in a common cause.
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The loner may be respected, but he is always resented by his colleagues, for he seems to be passing a critical judgment on them, when he may be simply making a limiting statement about himself.
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The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of that creed, not by its enemies, but by its most devoted adherents.
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The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.
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Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.
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There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.
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Every rule in the book can be broken, except one – be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.
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The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.
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