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“All happiness depends on courage and work.”
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“Thou hast seen nothing yet.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not either arising from the repentance of a concrete sin and hastening towards concrete amendment or restitution, or else arising from pity and hastening to active assistance, is simply bad; and I think we all sin by needlessly disobeying the apostolic injunction to 'rejoice' as much as by anything else.
Humility, after the first shock, is a cheerful virtue.”
― The Problem of Pain
Humility, after the first shock, is a cheerful virtue.”
― The Problem of Pain
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
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“Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
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