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    You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

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The biggest difference between time and space is that you can't reuse time.

The biggest difference between time and space is that you can't reuse time.

by Merrick Furst Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

by St. Basil Found in: Existence Quotes,
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The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you read more

The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place.

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Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, read more

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

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Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

Honor is the moral conscience of the great.

by D'avenant Found in: Existence Quotes,
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He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.

He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.

by Hartmann Von Aue Found in: Existence Quotes,
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I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar read more

I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.

by Elizabeth Janeway Found in: Existence Quotes,
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So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.rn

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.rn

by Franz Kafka Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

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