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“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.”
― Go Set a Watchman
― Go Set a Watchman
“As sure as time, history is repeating itself, and as sure as man is man, history is the last place he’ll look for his lessons.”
― Go Set a Watchman
― Go Set a Watchman
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
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“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
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