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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
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And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
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I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
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Where am I? Who am I?
How did I come to be here?
What is this thing called the world?
How did I come into the world?
Why was I not consulted?
And If I am compelled to take part in it,
Where is the director?
I want to see him.
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Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"
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That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great.
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Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
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Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the
basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is
lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.
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In the world to come, I shall not be asked, "Why were you not Moses?" I shall be asked, "Why were you not Zusya?"
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only
that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow
brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves
his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
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A useless life is an early death.
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Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even
achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to this idea, you start more
and more to concentrate not on the results, but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself. You gradually
struggle less and less for an idea and more and more for specific people. In the end, it is the reality of personal
relationship that saves everything.
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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
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Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
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But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in
the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
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My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope."
Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.
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Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night.
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Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this
world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to
diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.
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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an
unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear
almost any "how."
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