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.
SYDNEY J. HARRISUsually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance.
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No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his “philosophy of life” until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.
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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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Being yourself is not remaining what you were, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure and far from the goal.
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Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, ‘Why not?’ and the other, ‘Why bother?’
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A ‘penchant for telling the truth’ can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor’s wife.
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The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.
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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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A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others; a loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.
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Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat.
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There’s no point in burying a hatchet if you’re going to put up a marker on the site.
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People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.
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The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
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And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.
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A man will lay down his life for his friend but will not sacrifice his eardrums.
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The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.
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