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I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.
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One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
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Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge—broad, deep knowledge— is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low.
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The highest result of education is tolerance.
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What I am looking for is not out there … it’s in me.
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
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To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable.
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Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
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The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
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