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The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.
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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
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To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.
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Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Manners from Heaven: A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour (1984) ch. 7 -
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
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You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
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You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.
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You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.
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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
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'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.
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'In Country' is about a high school girl's quest for knowledge about her father, who died in Vietnam just before she was born.
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'Tis better to have loved and lost
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'Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou hast got an hundred enemies; and till thou hast gone on, and raised a swarm of wasps about thine ears, and art half stung to death by them, thou wilt never be convinced it is so.
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... if we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
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