The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.
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You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.
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God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.
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In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.
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A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.
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There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
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