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" Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip. "

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" No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man's front embraces the whole universe. "

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" I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. "

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" The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition. "

" One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses. "

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" When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. "

" I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. "

" We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only. "

" If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more. "

" In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. "

" Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race. "

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" Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything. "

" In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance. "

" Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. "

" The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary. "

" The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love. "

" If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. "

" Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur. "

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