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A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.


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Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.



I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I also supported the intervention in Korea, but in this war we went in there to steal Vietnam.



What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.



Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.

Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.



The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.

The main source of good discipline is growing up in a loving family, being loved and learning to love in return.



The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.



Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.

Physical punishment teaches children that the larger, stronger person has the power to get his way, whether or not he is in the right, and they may resent this in the parent-for life.



Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.

Can we make a better world for our children? I believe we can, if enough people are concerned and get involved in changing what is wrong with society.



Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.

Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.



Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.

Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people.





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There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you'd rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you've got to have fun with it.

There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you'd rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you've got to have fun with it.



Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up!

Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up!



Liberals force lower middle-class families, who love their children, to dispatch them to ghetto schools dominated by gangs of fatherless boys bearing knives.

Liberals force lower middle-class families, who love their children, to dispatch them to ghetto schools dominated by gangs of fatherless boys bearing knives.



The more I study men, the more I realize that they are nothing in the world but boys grown too big to be spankable.

The more I study men, the more I realize that they are nothing in the world but boys grown too big to be spankable.



Everywhere I go, people love me, so I'm just blessed. Do you blame them?

Everywhere I go, people love me, so I'm just blessed. Do you blame them?



You will go most safely in the middle.

You will go most safely in the middle.



There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they stand as firmly upon it as any crowned king.

There are many persons of whom it may be said that they have no other possession in the world but their character, and yet they stand as firmly upon it as any crowned king.




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