The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

John Burroughs
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  1. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.

  2. I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

  3. The secret of happiness is something to do

  4. One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’.

  5. To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

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