Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
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Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games.
You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.
We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Once in our world, a Stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
God helps them that help themselves.
It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
The motivation of all religious practice is similar: love, sincerity, honesty. The way of life of practically all religious persons is consistent. The teachings of tolerance, love, and compassion are the same.
When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion.
I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one.
In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you!
Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.
God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?
No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.
It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.
There are no problems, only solutions.
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