There are 2 sorts of pride one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.
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To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in the right road, at the point where God would have him be - in order with God and the universe. This faith gives strength and calm.
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Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.
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