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By oneself is evil done; by oneself is one defiled. By oneself is evil left undone; by oneself is one made pure.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There…

I think that novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex.

It is impossible to experience one’s death objectively and still carry a tune.