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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau

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It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. – Thomas Fuller

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A writer who wishes to be read by posterity must not be averse to putting hints which might give rise to whole books, or ideas for learned discussions, in some corner of a chapter so that one should think he can afford to throw them away by the thousand. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. – Bern Williams

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Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. – Norman Vincent Peale

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I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Crystallizing my feelings about the game, I find that squash is less frustrating than golf, less fickle than tennis. It is easier than badminton, cheaper than polo. It is better exercise than bowls, quicker than cricket, less boring than jogging, drier than swimming, safer than hang gliding. – John Hopkins, Squash: A Joyful Game, 1980

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Im fascinated with all kinds of religion, but Im not committed to any specific one. – Sheryl Lee

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