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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobi

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West

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Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. – Rebecca West

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Birds
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There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience. – Rebecca West

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Experience
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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. – Rebecca West

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Women
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Life
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When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain

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Life
[L]ife is a journey and not a destination… the heart must be set upon those matters of character which are eternal and not upon those matters of sensation which pass away. – Lynn H. Hough

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Life

Kindness, Ive discovered, is everything in life. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Life

I dont have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments. – Michael Landon

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Life

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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. – John Acton

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But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own – we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents. – Daniel Greenberg

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There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I dont necessarily want to be like them. Im to happy being myself. – James Darcy

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respect

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. – Lloyd Alexander

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