Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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In sorrow he learned this truth Though one may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth
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A man's life may stagnate as literally as water may stagnate, and just as motion and direction are the remedy for one, so purpose and activity are the remedy for the other.
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If I were to name the 3 most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature.
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Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
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