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Our deeds determine us

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
A doctor saves lives -- It's up to people to create lives that are worth saving.
Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.