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"Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift."

"There are two types of egoism: one is living and other one is lifeless. As long as the living egoism is there, one can never attain the awareness of the Self (Atma)."

"Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes."

"Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live and a good day to die. Every day is also an apt time to learn and express joy and love for the entire natural world. Each day is an apt time to make contact with other people and express empathy for the entire world. Each day is perfect to accept with indifference all aspects of being."

"The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good."
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"A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle."

"Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle."

"A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects."

"Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death."

"Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way."

"If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics."
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