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“... history, like nature, has its own economy, its own balancing of forces in the final accounting. Nothing can be lost, except to awareness.”
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“Once you allow anyone to terrorize you, you will be terrorized all your life. Terror corrupts. Pretty soon you'll be terrorizing others. ... Life doesn't mean anything if you can't rid yourself of fear.”
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“... the truth of a life really has little to do with its quality. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.”
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“The problem that has no name — which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities — is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease.”
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“Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.”
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“The best defense against a powerful and positive dynamic ideology is neither verbal attack nor criticism, which are useful, but to set up an equally powerful and dynamic ideology against it.”
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“Keep skid chains on your tongue. Say less than you think. Cultivate a pleasant voice. How you say it is often more important than what you say.”
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“When one begins the transformative process, death and birth are imminent: the death of custom as authority, the birth of the self.”