"My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges."
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"I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid upon a basis of . . . individualism, conquest and exploitation . . . A social order such as this, built upon such wrong and basic principles, is bound to retard the development of all. The output of a cotton mill or a coal mine is considered of greater importance than the production of healthy, happy-hearted and free human beings. We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name."
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"So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good."
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"The highest result of education is tolerance."
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"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming."
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"Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly."
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"Making a mistake is falling down; failure is not getting up again."
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"It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui."
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"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
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"I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God."
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"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."
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"He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress."
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"Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles... Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost."
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"People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant."
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"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark."
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"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature."
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"Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was."
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"To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug."
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"It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length."
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"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."
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