Aphorisms
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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.
Laws are silent in times of war.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
Women are made to be loved, not understood.
If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.
War does not determine who is right — only who is left.
Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
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