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When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art 
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; read more 
 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art 
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God 
which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be read more 
 Jock, when he hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in 
a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping. 
 Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and 
perfected by degrees, by often handling read more 
 Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and 
perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears 
leisurely lick their clubs into shape. 
 Our pleasures and our discontents,
 Are rounds by which we may ascend.  
 Our pleasures and our discontents,
 Are rounds by which we may ascend. 
He who moves not forward, goes backward
He who moves not forward, goes backward
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be read more
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive.
 In a narrow circle the mind contracts.
 Man grows with his expanded needs.
  [Ger., Im engen Kreis read more 
 In a narrow circle the mind contracts.
 Man grows with his expanded needs.
  [Ger., Im engen Kreis verengert sich der Sinn.
   Es wachst der Mensch mit seinen grossern Zwecken.] 
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.