Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

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Many argue; not many converse.

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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.

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If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place." -- Marmee, Little Women

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Where the heart is the mind works best.

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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

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We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.

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Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

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