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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.: Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.: Jassamyn West
What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), in Walden, "Economy"
We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.: George F. Will (1941 - )
Oppression can only survive through silence.: Carmen de Monteflores
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.: Shunryu Suzuki
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable.: Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

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