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Nothing can work me damage except myself.
Nothing can work me damage except myself.
 Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of read more 
 Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of knowledge. Just as a flaming fire reduces wood to
ashes Argina, so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes. 
 The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the
nature of the one who prays.  
 The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the
nature of the one who prays. 
 The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had read more 
 The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former. 
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.
People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp read more
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
 Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his
moccasins for two weeks.  
 Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his
moccasins for two weeks.