Quote by Irving Babbitt
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. – Irving Babbitt

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To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it. – Irving Babbitt

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Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity – the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power. – Irving Babbitt

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Happiness
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness. – Abdul Kalam

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The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of contentment. – Author Unknown

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Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. – Immanuel Kant

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Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him. – George Bernard Shaw

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But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. – Michael Shermer

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In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza. – Joanna Newsom

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