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"Life is short, nature is hostile, and man is ridiculous; but oddly enough most misfortunes have their compensations, and with a certain humour and a good deal of horse-sense one can make a fairly good job of what is after all a matter of very small consequence."
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"You are looking at the world from your window, that's good, but there is something missing here, something very big: You must also look at your window from the world to see yourself!"
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"The past is far behind. If you still want to look at it, you will painfully stretch your neck muscles. Don't live in the past, leave the past, but learn from it."
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"This earth in which we are living is not our everlasting home."
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"Life is never a competition."
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"Don't predict the condition of the entire day by the state of the morning. You don't judge a book by its cover. A cloudy morning is no guarantee for a rainy day!"
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"Prayer has to be fervent, intensive, passionate and from the heart."
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"If we start to complain, destruction is right at our door."
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"Every eye makes its own perception."
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"It is better to dwell on the beautiful things in life than the negative."
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"There is a different world on the other side of your present attitude."
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"On the earth, satellite of a star speeding through space, living things had arisen under the influence of conditions which were part of the planet's history; and as there had been a beginning of life upon it, so, under the influence of other conditions, there would be an end: man, no more significant than other forms of life, had come not as the climax of creation but as a physical reaction to the environment."
Existence
"Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it."
Temptation
"He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction, he had on the contrary an engaging modesty."
Modesty
"The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them."
Philosophy
"Act so that every action of yours should be capable of becoming an universal rule of action for all men."
Ethics
"I do not believe that I am a vindictive man, but when the immortal gods take a hand in the matter it is pardonable to observe the results with complacency."
Destiny
"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."
Money
"Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.'Didn't you mean them?'At the moment."
Love
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."
Ability
"I'm one of the few persons I ever met who are able to learn from experience."
Learning
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