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"Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the moutains. . .But all this is unphilosophical to the last degree. . .when thou canst at a moment's notice retire into thyself."
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"Life itself is neither good nor evil, but only a place for good and evil."
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"Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain."
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"Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life."
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"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."
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"I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will."
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"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."
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"A good man does not spy around for the black spots in others, but presses unswervingly on towards his mark."
Evil
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Men
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"Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be."
Men
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