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"The beginning of wisdom is understanding that life is full of ongoing learning experiences."

"The post on her left was occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old gentleman of considerable charm and culture, who had fallen, however, into bad habits of silence, having, as he explained once to Lady Agatha, said everything that he had to say before he was thirty."

"Simplicity gives you the power of freedom.Kindness gives you the power of boldness.Humility gives you the power of acceptance."

"To waste one hour is a proof that you lack understanding of life."

"God asked us to get His knowledge and wisdom to build a predictable life rather than expecting miracles."
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"History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections."

"Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury."

"We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European partners, to maintain the social character of Europe as much as possible."

"In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science."

"A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices."
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