Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

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If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.

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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

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