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  • Maxwell Maltz One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Robert A. Heinlein One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
    Robert A. Heinlein
    American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • William Lyon Phelps One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
    William Lyon Phelps
    American author, critic and scholar (1865 - 1943)
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  • Finley Peter Dunne One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
    Finley Peter Dunne
    American Journalist, Humorist (1867 - 1936)
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  • Albert Einstein One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Malcolm Muggeridge One of the stupidest theories of Western life.
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    British Broadcaster (1903 - 1990)
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  • Bill Ford One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.
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  • Danny Mcgoorty One of the worst things that can happen to you in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.
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  • Molière One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Anthony Robbins One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Francis H. Bradley One said of suicide, ''As long as one has brains one should not blow them out.'' And another answered, ''But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.''
    Francis H. Bradley
    British Philosopher (1846 - 1924)
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  • Aldous Huxley One seventh of your life is spent on Monday.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • I Ching One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course, adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his goals.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Marilyn French One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.
    Marilyn French
    American radical feminist author (1929 - 2009)
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  • Sophocles One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; that word is love.
    Sophocles
    Greek poet (496 - 406)
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  • Thomas Arnold One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
    Thomas Arnold
    English educator and historian (1795 - 1842)
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  • Simone de Beauvoir One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Muriel Spark One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.
    Muriel Spark
    British writer (1918 - 2006)
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