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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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Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
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Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
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Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.
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The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.
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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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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
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The highest result of education is tolerance.
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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.