“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
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“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.”
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“Not all of our days could be extraordinary. But our lives still could be.”
― A Long Trek Home: 4,000 Miles by Boot, Raft and Ski
― A Long Trek Home: 4,000 Miles by Boot, Raft and Ski
“If people can't control their own emotions, then they have to start trying to control other people's behavior.”
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“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
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