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"A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances."
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"If one does not interfere in the obtained worldly life, then worldly life will run straight forward & smoothly. But one keeps interfering in the obtained worldly life. From the moment he wakes up, he interferes. If there is no interference in the unfolding circumstances one has obtained, then God's control will prevail, but by interfering one takes over the control himself."

"When many circumstances come together, one will get food to eat. When many circumstances come together, one gets to go hungry (one will not get food to eat). One goes hungry when many more circumstances come together. A greater number of circumstances are needed for an unfavorable situation, and less for favorable situation."

"A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match."

"I am clearly vulnerable on the question of socializing under circumstances not appropriate for a married man."

"Should slavery be abolished there, (and it is an event, which, from these circumstances, we may reasonably expect to be produced in time) let it be remembered, that the Quakers will have had the merit of its abolition."

"Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him."

"Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him."

"Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts."

"Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind."

"Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable."
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"The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond."

"The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country."

"If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk."
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