And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he … - A. A. Milne

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The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

A. A. Milne

And by and by Christopher Robin came to the end of things, and he was silent, and he sat there, looking out over the world, just wishing it wouldn't stop.

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Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together. . . there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart. . . I'll always be with you.

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Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

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The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen

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In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.

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In the act of worship itself, the experience of liberation becomes a constituent of the community's being. . . It is the power of God's Spirit invading the lives of the people, "building them up where they are torn down and propping them up on every leaning side".

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The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.

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Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.

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