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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.

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Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make us the gift of serenity and well-being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.
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Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.
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In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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Extreme cold when it first arrives seems to generate cheerfulness and sociability. For a few hours all life’s dubious problems are dropped in favor of the clear and congenial task of keeping alive.
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