To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
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In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.
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I never discuss discussions.
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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