"A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections."

Eliot, George on humor
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"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another."

Eliot, George on influence
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"Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it."

Eliot, George on integrity
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"What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?"

Eliot, George on life
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"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."

Eliot, George on life
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"I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of literature and speech and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear."

Eliot, George on love
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"Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you."

Hubbard, Elbert on friends and friendship
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"I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate."

Hubbard, Elbert on appreciation
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"The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession, but carrying a banner."

Twain, Mark on war   

"To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on adversity
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"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on fortune   

"Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on freedom
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"Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on gratitude
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"All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on misfortunes
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"Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on modesty   

"Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on nations   

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on patience
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"Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on philosophers and philosophy   

"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on wisdom
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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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"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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"If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well."

King Jr. Martin Luther on excellence
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"Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. you only need a heart full of grace. a soul generated by love."

King Jr. Martin Luther on greatness
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"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."

King Jr. Martin Luther on hatred
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"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."

King Jr. Martin Luther on hell
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"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

King Jr. Martin Luther on hope
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"Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."

King Jr. Martin Luther on humankind
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"Darkness can not drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

King Jr. Martin Luther on love
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"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

King Jr. Martin Luther on love
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"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."

King Jr. Martin Luther on love
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"That old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing."

King Jr. Martin Luther on revenge
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"Nothing pains some people more than having to think."

King Jr. Martin Luther on thoughts and thinking
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"There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth."

King Jr. Martin Luther on tragedies
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"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill-will."

King Jr. Martin Luther on understanding
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"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

King Jr. Martin Luther on death
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"Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."

Keller, Helen on happiness
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"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

Keller, Helen on art
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"Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others"

Keller, Helen on life
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"We may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings."

Keller, Helen on apathy
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"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse."

Keller, Helen on obstacles