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Happiness is like a kiss...you must share it to enjoy it.
Happiness is like a kiss...you must share it to enjoy it.
It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor.
It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor.
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition read more
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle read more
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked achievement.
Instinct is untaught ability.
Instinct is untaught ability.
Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
Insanity -- a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.
Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.
Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
Any man who inflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
Any man who inflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.