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It is disastrous to own more of anything than you can possess, and it is one of the most fundamental laws of human nature that our power actually to possess is limited.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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Joseph Wood Krutch
Age: 76 †
Born: 1893
Born: November 25
Died: 1970
Died: May 22
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To have passed through life and never experienced solitude is to have never known oneself. To have never known oneself is to have never known anyone.
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Not to have known - as most men have not - either the mountain or the desert is not to have known one's self. Not to have known one's self is to have known no one.
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Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes away.
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There is no such thing as a dangerous woman there are only susceptible men.
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In history as it comes to be written, there is usually some Spirit of the Age which historians can define, but the shape of things is seldom so clear to those who live them. To most thoughtful men it has generally seemed that theirs was an Age of Confusion.
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It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.
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Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
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The human mind can appreciate the One only by seeing it first in the Many.
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In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.
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Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty.
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Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.
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We must not judge the society of the future by considering whether or not we should like to live in it the question is whether those who have grown up in it will be happier than those who have grown up in our society or those of the past.
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Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.
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