There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
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The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.
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There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. Surely these should never be confused in the mind of any man who has the slightest inkling of what culture is. For most of us it is essential that we should make a living...In the complications of modern life and with our increased accumulation of knowledge, it doubtless helps greatly to compress some years of experience into far fewer years by studying for a particular trade or profession in an institution; but that fact should not blind us to anotherβ€”namely, that in so doing we are learning a trade or a profession, but are not getting a liberal education as human beings.
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