The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
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Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
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An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
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The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.
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People far prefer happiness to wisdom, but that is like wanting to be immortal without getting older.
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Skepticism is not an end in itself it is a tool for the discovery of truths.
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