"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."

Eliot, George on Adversity
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"People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles."

Dune, Frank Herbert on Adversity
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"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

Devito, Danny on Adversity
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"An alliance with a powerful person is never safe."

Phaedrus on Agreement
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"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me."

Malone, Dudley Field on Agreement
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"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it."

King Jr. Martin Luther on Evil
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"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."

King Jr. Martin Luther on Disappointments
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"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."

King Jr. Martin Luther on Age and Aging
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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

King Jr. Martin Luther on Adversity
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"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

King Jr. Martin Luther on Acceptance
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"There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says, Anywhere but here."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Dissatisfaction
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"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."

Camus, Albert on Dissatisfaction
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