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The average person living to age 70 has 613,000 hours of life. This is too long a period not to have fun.

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After all, life is really simple; we ourselves create the circumstances that complicate it.

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Life is tragic for those who have plenty to live on and nothing to live for.

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No one finds life worth living; he must make it worth living.

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Life is too short to be taken seriously.

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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

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So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

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For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum.

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To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frigthened.

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A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.

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