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Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area - crime, education, housing, race relations - the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

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Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

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The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.

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Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

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Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

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Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

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Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

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To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

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Resentment is anger directed at others--at what they did or did not do.

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