#su

I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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I love just lying on the floor at home watching games with my dad. No pressures, just being me. ↗

— David Keith

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The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast. ↗

— Clarence Budington Kelland

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Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. ↗

— Helen Keller

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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. ↗

— Helen Keller

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Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

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The highest result of education is tolerance. ↗

— Helen Keller

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