"Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage."

-- Henri Frederic Amiel

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“There are far more reasons for death than there are for life.”
“I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that.”
“Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.”
“I once knew a man out of courtesy help a lame dog over a stile, and he for requital bit his fingers.”

Source : 'The Religion of Protestants' (1637)
“The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time.”
“The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence; it enlarges the imagined range for self to move in: but in after years it can only continue to be joy on the same terms as other long-lived love--that is, by much suppression of self, and power of living in the experience of another.”
“Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.”

Source : Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.31, Penguin
“Education is something that other people do to you. Learning is something you do for yourself.”

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