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Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?


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If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights of the heart.

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Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.

Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.



if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without

if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without



The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.

The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.



People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.

People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.



There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.

There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.



Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue.



And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history.

And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history.



We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.



There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.

There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.





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We have created a world we don’t like, don’t understand and don’t trust, and we are too frightened to try to change it.

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