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We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

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We acknowledge God only when we are conscious of His manifestation in us.

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He felt like a man who, after straining his eyes to peer into the remote distance, finds what he was seeking at his very feet. All his life he had been looking over the heads of those around him, while he had only to look before him without straining his eyes. p 1320

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Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

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The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

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If people tell you that you should live your life preparing for the future, do not believe them. Real Life is found only in the present.

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Government is violence, Christianity is meekness, non-resistance, love. And, therefore, government cannot be Christian, and a man who wishes to be a Christian must not serve government.

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He is not apprehended by reason, but by life.

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Boredom is desire seeking desire.

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The more mental effort he made the clearer he saw that it was undoubtedly so: that he had really forgotten and overlooked one little circumstance in life - that Death would come and end everything, so that it was useless to begin anything, and that there was no help for it, Yes it was terrible but true

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It is very difficult to tell the truth.

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War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.

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The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.

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Teach French and unteach sincerity.

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Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness

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The ideas of the wise have been tested by centuries. Everything medium is lost and only original, deep and useful things are left.

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The recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality.

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You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.

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He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.

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There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.

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