Aphorisms
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
It is a great thing to know our vices.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.
Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. Joy is love. Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you". Mature love says "I need you because I love you".
Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Where there is no property there is no injustice.
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
There are three faithful friends — an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.