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1 " Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. "
― Jeff Wheeler , Dryad-Born (Whispers from Mirrowen, #2)
2 " Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. "
3 " The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. "
4 " The wisest as well as the most dangerous men are those who observe without speaking. "
5 " One cannot overestimate the power of persistence. It is persistence that guides a stonemason’s hands and causes mighty castles and temples to be built. "
6 " I have heard that in moments of extreme terror and suspense, our minds can deliver to our aid a remedy for the situation if we have the courage not to flinch from it. Too often we are doomed to fail simply because we believe too quickly that we will. "
7 " So often man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. "
8 " Hear the other side. What is usually lacking, when there is trouble, is the lack of listening. So quick we are to rush to judgment. We would do well to listen more. There would be far fewer disputes. "
9 " A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. Beware of those desires. "
10 " We are surrounded by various histories and fragments from the ages. Some are true. Some are only the approximation of truth. Some truths are hard to accept. If you believe only what you like in the histories, and reject what you don’t want to believe, it is not the truth you seek, but a confirmation of your own opinions. You will never find truth that way. "
11 " Even wild beasts feel kindness, nor is there any animal so savage that good treatment will not tame it and win love from it. It is a true principle. And it is even more true when dealing with men. Men can be persuaded to many things through small acts of kindness. "
12 " each carry within us the bud of true goodness as well as evil. Which we nourish determines our destiny. "
13 " Would you shove a man in front of a runaway cart to stop it from crushing five people? Or would you jump in front of the cart yourself? Either way, a person dies and five are saved. In one case it is murder and in the other the sacrifice is willing. There is a difference. "
14 " If you believe only what you like in the histories, and reject what you don’t want to believe, it is not the truth you seek, but a confirmation of your own opinions. "
15 " If you believe only what you like in the histories, and reject what you don’t want to believe, it is not the truth you seek, but a confirmation of your own opinions. You will never find truth that way. "
16 " Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. "
17 " Marriages are all happy; it’s having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.’ ” Hettie "
18 " I apologize again for another cliffhanger ending. "
19 " The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” —Possidius Adeodat, "
20 " Too often we are doomed to fail simply because we believe too quickly that we will. "