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History is only a catalogue of the forgotten.


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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.



All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.



The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.



One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.



Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.



One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.



Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.



They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.



The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.



Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.





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Education is inherently socially inclusive any failure of inclusion signals the presence of power. An exclusive education is a corrupted education.

Education is inherently socially inclusive any failure of inclusion signals the presence of power. An exclusive education is a corrupted education.



If you think deep inside yourself that you can not live except in the presence of someone that is not true, but this feeling remains true and this is more important than anything else .

If you think deep inside yourself that you can not live except in the presence of someone that is not true, but this feeling remains true and this is more important than anything else .



Has it ever occurred to you that you are seeking God with His eyes?

Has it ever occurred to you that you are seeking God with His eyes?



Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.

Our security in a global world must be looked at on a continental basis.



In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from her by force

In a world where women are commodities, a woman who refuses to sell herself will have the thing she refuses to sell taken away from her by force



We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.

We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.



Life is full of risks. Death is much simpler.

Life is full of risks. Death is much simpler.



Don't protest outside of a rich man's house in the daytime, you'll just scare the maid, and that's Arnold Schwarzenegger's job.

Don't protest outside of a rich man's house in the daytime, you'll just scare the maid, and that's Arnold Schwarzenegger's job.



I've never been in love with Marcello [Mastroianni]. I wasn't even attracted to him physically. I admired him. I followed him and supported him, but nothing ever clicked.

I've never been in love with Marcello [Mastroianni]. I wasn't even attracted to him physically. I admired him. I followed him and supported him, but nothing ever clicked.



Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is.

Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is.




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