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" Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world. "

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" As soon as there is life there is danger. "

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" Make yourself necessary to somebody. "

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" Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!' "

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" When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that women were by nature in inferior to men, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that it was okay to hate other religions, and especially the Jews, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. "

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" Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality. "

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" All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things. "

" Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. "

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" Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. "

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" We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us. "

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" Giant oak trees... have deep root systems that can extend two-and-one-half times their height. Such trees rarely are blown down regardless of how violent the storms may be. "

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" Nothing external to you has any power over you. "

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" Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. "

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" Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative. "

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" Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves. "

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" President George W. Bush's aggressive war on Islamic terrorism produced a 100 percent perfect track record of keeping the United States safe from another attack. The result has been increased security for the American people, who, in turn, have become complacent about the true nature of the threat. "

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