"It is a very easy thing to devise good laws; the difficulty is to make them effective. The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws; and consequently the greatest art of a politician is to render vices serviceable to the cause of virtue."

-- Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

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“A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.”
“For within you is the light of the world â€” the only light that can be shed upon the Path.”

Source : Mabel Collins, Lon Milo DuQuette (2012). “The Light on the Path: Light on the Path: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection”, p.8, Weiser Books
“You can hurt more than you ever thought possible, then continue until you discover that hurting isn't that big a deal.”

Source : Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman (2012). “Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness”, p.185, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by regular contact with outdoor growths - animals, trees, sun warmth and free skies - or it will dwindle and pale.”
“I think people dismiss celebrity memoirs as unreal, contrived and maybe partially made up. But that's definitely not true for anything that I write.”

Source : "'Getting to Take on That Life Temporarily'". Interview with Kathryn Borel, Jr., logger.believermag.com. July 21, 2015.
“Thatâ€™s one of the things that I like about him - because heâ€™s been consistent since he changed his mind.”
“When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?”
“I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt.”

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