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"Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved."
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"Wonder at everything and ask, why?Love everything and wonder, why?"
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"I've discovered why you fascinate - you keep the mystery and as Carlyle noted, Wonder is the basis of worship..."
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"...because wonder admits to the existence of mystery, and the recognition of mystery in the world allows the possibility of Truth."
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"It is as if we need to be reminded of convention in order properly to appreciate the wonder of being unguarded..."
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"The universe is full of doors."
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"The table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise."
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"I watched the stars and thought of other lives."
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"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment."
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"There is an anaesthetic of familiarity, a sedative of ordinariness which dulls the senses and hides the wonder of existence. For those of us not gifted in poetry, it is at least worth while from time to time making an effort to shake off the anaesthetic. What is the best way of countering the sluggish habitutation brought about by our gradual crawl from babyhood? We can't actually fly to another planet. But we can recapture that sense of having just tumbled out to life on a new world by looking at our own world in unfamiliar ways."
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"To me, every cubic inch of space is a miracle."
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"The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight."
Parenting
"We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us."
Legacy
"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."
Humility
"A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of."
Talent
"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."
Criticism
"There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice."
Advice
"Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt."
Happiness
"The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover."
Friendship
"Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved."
Wonder
"Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity."
Happiness
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