"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.“
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind."
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts."
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel."
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart."
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"To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy."
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"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature."
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"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
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"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."
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"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
-Helen Keller
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