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If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.
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Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
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The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
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It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.
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A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.
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Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.
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The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
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Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
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Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
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Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world?
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