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The Foundation

«Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.»
«Optimism is the foundation of courage.»
«Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.»
«Moral principle is the foundation of law.»
«Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone / but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.»
«I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.»
«I am responsible for everything except for my very responsibility, for I am not the foundation of my being. Therefore everything takes place as if I were compelled to be responsible. I am abandoned in the world... in the sense that I find myself suddenly alone and without help, engaged in a world for which I bear the whole responsibility without being able, whatever I do, to tear myself away from this responsibility for an instant.»
«Men cease to bulid where the foundation sinks.»
«I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.»
«Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.»

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