Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
E. B. WHITEI arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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Never hurry and never worry!
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Loneliness is a strange gift.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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“What’s miraculous about a spider’s web?” said Mrs. Arable. “I don’t see why you say a web is a miracle–it’s just a web.” “Ever try to spin one?” asked Mr. Dorian.
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Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds. In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the swamp – everywhere love and songs and nests and eggs.
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It is Sunday, mid-morning-Sunday in the living room, Sunday in the kitchen, Sunday in the woodshed, Sunday down the road in the village: I hear the bells, calling me to share God’s grace.
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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway?
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