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Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.: John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.: Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873)
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I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make despair pause. For in truth we who are creatures of impulse are creatures of despair.: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)
Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth.: Boris Pasternak (1890 - 1960), Dr. Zhivago
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.: John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.: Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938)
There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.: James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891)
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.: Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)
Children are very nice observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.: Francois de Fenelon (1651 - 1715)

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