It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men kindness and generosity openness honesty understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest sharpness greed acquisitiveness meanness egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

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Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - the main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

People don’t take trips, trips take people.

People don’t take trips, trips take people.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

We spend our time searching for security, and hate it when we get it.

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