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"One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak."
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"Most of us would benefit greatly from recognizing and accepting the difference between our history and our destiny."

"When the minds of men slip from realities to fantasies without thinking of the future consequences, then we must ponder. When the hearts of men are entangled with what though might seem great but yet, specious ambitions without pondering over the resulting footprints, then we ought to take precautions. When the hands of men unwittingly and for the sake of self-gratification find the right weapons and dexterity for the wrong purpose, then massacre and cruelties leave indelible footprints of sorrow and bitterness in the hearts of men. We shall always look back to the footprints of yesterday to say had we know if we don't take a critical look at today's footsteps. There is always an alternative that is better than good."

"Solitude is a wonderful treasure the world is still yet to discover."

"If you give into your emotional illusions, and you will find yourself lost in a maze with no exits, nor entrances, but winding paths that lead you in circles so many times that you grow familiar and comfortable with the very place you shouldn't be in."

"The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We easily come to doubt if they exist. We soon forget them. They are the highest reality. Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man. The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched."

"One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak."

"There are always certain things which are certain and certain things which are uncertain for us to think about each day and when such are over, there shall always be something to think about."

"There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back."

"There is vast sea of all kind of creatures."
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"I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."

"When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude."

"The issue is now quite clear. It is between light and darkness and every one must choose his side."

"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul."

"As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly."

"The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can't play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all."

"The things said most confidently by advanced persons to crowded audiences are generally those opposite to the fact, it is actually our truisms that are untrue."
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