It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws
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Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
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There will still be things that machines cannot do. They will not produce great art or great literature or great philosophy they will not be able to discover the secret springs of happiness in the human heart they will know nothing of love and friendship.
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