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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. – John Dewey

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We talk much more about individualism and liberty than our ancestors. But as so often happens, when anything becomes conscious, the consciousness is compensatory for absence in practice. – John Dewey

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To be able to throw ones self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a womans smile – that is happiness. – Hermann Hesse

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