Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
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Teaching is as sacred as priesthood. If one has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and artist, he must not teach.
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You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
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Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
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In this unbelievable universe in which we live there are no absolutes. Even parallel lines, reaching into infinity, meet somewhere yonder.
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Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.
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Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.
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Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.
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There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.
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At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them.
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Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same.
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Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.
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There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.
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Every great mistake has a half-way moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
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A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
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Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
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If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
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Love alone could waken love.
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Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then, Life is dull without it.
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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
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We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
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