Quote #41

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

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  2. Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
  3. He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he haith not seen shall bless him.
  4. One should always learn to enjoy the neighbor's garden, however small; the roses straggling over the fence, the scent of lilacs drifting ac…
  5. Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic f…
  6. Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
  7. Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
  8. Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

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