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As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doe

As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesnt know the bad he might do. – Elias Canetti

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There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange. – Elias Canetti

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Mystery
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Elias Canetti
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Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? – Elias Canetti

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Decisions
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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. – Bertolt Brecht

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What monster have we here? A great Deed at this hour of day? A great just deed — and not for pay? Absurd — or insincere? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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If you cant return a favor, pass it on. – Louise Brown

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Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. – Buddha

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The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day. – Thomas S. Monson

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You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. – Charles C. Noble

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If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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One wanders through life as if wandering through a field in the dark of night, wearing a blindfold and very heavy shoes, with a poisonous toad waiting patiently beneath a clump of weeds, knowing full well that eventually you will step on him. – Lemony Snicket

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Life