No teaching that is not based ...

No teaching that is not based on reason can be tolerated by critical minds, but the belief that an accident of blind force produces this highly organized world is far more fantastic than the theory that a Super Intelligence devised its ordered evolution.
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 Alice Hegan Rice

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Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end.
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 Alice Hegan Rice
Some people act as if there were a penalty for carrying concealed troubles. They exhibit them at every opportunity, begging for sympathy, even condescending to accept pity. Such persons never realize that the very ones to whom they are complaining are often struggling under a burden greater than their own.
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 Alice Hegan Rice
What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.
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 Alice Hegan Rice
we sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought. ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the part you play.
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 Alice Hegan Rice
Taking friendships for granted is one of the surest ways of ending them. Unless nourished, they tend to wither and die. Unless we earnestly desire its continuance we should never start a friendship any more than we would a love affair.
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 Alice Hegan Rice