When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’
SYDNEY J. HARRISBy the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.
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Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
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The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of that creed, not by its enemies, but by its most devoted adherents.
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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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Agnosticism is a perfectly respectable and tenable philosophical position; it is not dogmatic and makes no pronouncements about the ultimate truths of the universe. It remains open to evidence and persuasion; lacking faith, it nevertheless does not deride faith.
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The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.
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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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It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.
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The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light – and the next tunnel.
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We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.
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Why do most Americans look up to education and down upon educated people?
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All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.
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The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure.
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