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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

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We would never learn to be patient if there were only joy in the world.

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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.

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Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

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The true test of a civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops

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Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.

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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

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The key to immortality is first to live a life worth remembering.

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