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Why look in the dark for light?


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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





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Does it not occur to people that I might be artificial by nature?



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Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known.



Someone's always saying "It's not whether you win or lose " but if you feel that way you're as good as dead.

Someone's always saying "It's not whether you win or lose " but if you feel that way you're as good as dead.



Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.



Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.

Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.



The thing to be wished for, is not that the mountains should become easier, but that men should become wiser and stronger.

The thing to be wished for, is not that the mountains should become easier, but that men should become wiser and stronger.



Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.

Oh courage...oh yes! If only one had that...Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.



Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life. It's impossible for it not to.

Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life. It's impossible for it not to.



Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.

Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.




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