Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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