"It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled with firmness, guided by discretion, and hallowed by the imagination, the passions are the vivifiers and quickeners of our being. Without passion there can be no energy of character. Indeed, the passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways, and dangerous only in one--through their excess."

-- Christian Nestell Bovee

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“Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.”
“As human beings, our only sensible scale of values is one based on lessening the agony of existence.”
“A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms.”
“Everything that you do or say that raises the self-esteem of another raises yours as well.”
“I think at the age I'm at, it's really hard for a film career, and I'm at a point in my life where I thought it would be a good idea to be a part of a good show and to be able to finish school.”
“The heart that gives, gathers.”
“At times we feel wounded, hurt, disappointed, disgusted, resentful, sick of it all. At other times we feel skeptical, outraged, robbed, beaten. We chafe, hate, overlook. Then again we feel like ignoring, defying and fighting for every right that belongs to us as human beings.”
“The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.”

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