"It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls."

Epicurus on death
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"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."

Epicurus on death
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"You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can."

Carter, Jimmy on determination   

"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense... human rights invented America."

Carter, Jimmy on human rights
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"We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon."

Carter, Jimmy on life
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"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams."

Carter, Jimmy on multiculturalism
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"A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity."

Carter, Jimmy on nations
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"Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this Nation. This difficult effort will be the moral equivalent of war, except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not to destroy. "

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"Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people cant. But I dont believe that the Federal Government should take action to try to make these opportunities exactly equal, particularly when there is a moral factor involved. "

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"If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on questions
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"I am never upset for the reason I think."

A Course In Miracles on reason
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"This instant is the only time there is."

A Course In Miracles on present
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"It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner."

Salk, Dr. Jonas on intuition
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"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."

Salk, Dr. Jonas on achievement
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"I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams."

Salk, Dr. Jonas on nightmares
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"Sweets grown common lose their dear delight."

Shakespeare, William on familiarity
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"I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have."

Shakespeare, William on age and aging
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"Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world."

A Course In Miracles on change
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"Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think."

Carnegie, Dale on happiness
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"Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses."

Carnegie, Dale on happiness
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"Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date."

Carnegie, Dale on happiness
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"If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance."

Carnegie, Dale on memory
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"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."

Carnegie, Dale on mistakes
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"All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust."

Carnegie, Dale on past
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"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all."

Carnegie, Dale on perseverance
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"Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have."

Carnegie, Dale on habit
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"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

Carnegie, Dale on friends and friendship
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"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do."

Carnegie, Dale on fools and foolishness
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"You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind."

Carnegie, Dale on fear
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"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

Carnegie, Dale on fear
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"Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear."

Carnegie, Dale on fear
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"If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy"

Carnegie, Dale on fear
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"Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment."

Carnegie, Dale on fatigue
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"If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic."

Carnegie, Dale on enthusiasm
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"Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life."

Carnegie, Dale on philosophers and philosophy
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"We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do."

Carnegie, Dale on possibilities
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"First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst."

Carnegie, Dale on preparation
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"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

Carnegie, Dale on
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"If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done."

Carnegie, Dale on criticism
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"Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career."

Carnegie, Dale on criticism
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