"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."
-Henri Frederic Amiel
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"It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.“
-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."
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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."
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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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