The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONOf all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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