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If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man

Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming

Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else