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• The great secret in life ... [is] not to open your letters for a fortnight.
  At the expiration of that period you will find that nearly all of them have answered themselves....
• The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you learned this afternoon.
• Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them.
  All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves....
• You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.
  -- Steve Martin, Grand Canyo...
• The most serious doubt that has been thrown on the authenticity of the biblical miracles is the fact that most of the witnesses in regard to them were fishermen.
  -- Arthur Binstead...
• Any one who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
  ...In the midst of all the doubts which we have discussed for 4,000 years in 4,000 ways, the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience....
• It is always preferable to visit home with a friend.
  Your parents will not be pleased with this plan, because they want you all to themselves and because in the presence of your friend, they will have to act like mature human beings....
• Keep your hands open, and all of the sands of the universe pass through them.
  Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit. -- Taisen Deshimaru...
• You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles?
  It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training....