The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.
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Christianity is not a 'spiritual' religion, like some religions of the east. It is an intensely 'practical' religion, having its moral roots in the practicality of judaism. It was not designed to change the way men think or believe as much as to change the way they act.Sydney J. Harris
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.
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Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
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Filth is always a sign of weakness in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.
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The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
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