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Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming. -

Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming. – Matthew Arnold

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Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances. – Matthew Arnold

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Culture
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Matthew Arnold
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The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion. – Matthew Arnold

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The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. – Matthew Arnold

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When the horse is dead, get off. – Author Unknown

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When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life. – Greg Anderson

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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. – Andre Gide

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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Zig Ziglar

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