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A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away. A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good. The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. Even God cannot change the past. Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money. The best things carried to excess are wrong. Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what. At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them. Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts. For the night was not impartial. No, the night loved some more than others, served some more than others. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis. It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy. Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them. Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream. Man is what he eats. [Television is] the triumph of machine over people. Laughter is by definition healthy. Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me. A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied. We cannot swing up on a rope that is attached only to our own belt. Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion. The undertaking of a new action brings new strength. A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable. Exercise alone provides psychological and physical benefits. However, if you also adopt a strategy that engages your mind while you exercise, you can get a whole host of psychological benefits fairly quickly. I simply cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards. [Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. [Common sense] is the best sense I know of. I truly feel that there are as many ways of loving as there are people in the world and as there are days in the life of those people. A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver. A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all. Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands upon himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. Nothing ever goes away. Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men. There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time. If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. |
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