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All words are pegs to hang ideas on.


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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.



We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.



The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.



Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.



As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.



A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.



The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?



Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.



He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.



Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.





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In the office, Michael sat behind our father’s desk, clicking away at the computer with his right hand, and making notes with his left. Ambidextrous freak.



We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up knowing which colors went together.

We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up knowing which colors went together.



And a young prince must be prudent like that, giving freely while his father livesso that afterwards, in age when fighting startssteadfast companions will stand by himand hold the line.

And a young prince must be prudent like that, giving freely while his father livesso that afterwards, in age when fighting startssteadfast companions will stand by himand hold the line.



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If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?



The novel does not simply recount experience, it adds to experience.

The novel does not simply recount experience, it adds to experience.



You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.

You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.



Should philosophers be expected to change the world? Such an expectation seems to me extravagant. Marx himself didn't change the world: he reinterpreted it, then other people changed it.

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When you fully commit, you will make it.



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Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.



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