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“When some incident has shattered the career you’ve mapped out for yourself, a folly, a crime or a misfortune, you mustn’t think you’re down and out. It may be a stroke of luck, and when you look back years later you may say to yourself that you wouldn’t for anything in the world exchange the new life disaster has forced upon you for the dull, humdrum existence you would have led if circumstances hadn’t intervened.”

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Author:W. Somerset Maugham

“Many people conceive of religion as something apart from everyday affairs of the world. They think of it in terms of ceremony or ritual or sermons and often it strikes them as being dull or not particularly interesting. Religion may be described in many ways. I like to think of it as a medicine, a healing medicine for the mind.”

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Book:Faith is the Answer: A Pastor and a Psychiatrist Discuss Your Problems

Source: Faith is the Answer: A Pastor and a Psychiatrist Discuss Your Problems

“If I may throw out a word of counsel to beginners, it is: Treasure your exceptions! When there are none, the work gets so dull that no one cares to carry it further. Keep them always uncovered and in sight. Exceptions are like the rough brickwork of a growing building which tells that there is more to come and shows where the next construction is to be.”

Ifs May Shows Care Next Growing Building Sight Treasure Dull Exception Rough Construction Beginners No One Cares

Book:William Bateson, F. R. S., Naturalist: His Essays & Addresses, Together with a Short Account of His Life

Source: William Bateson, F. R. S., Naturalist: His Essays & Addresses, Together with a Short Account of His Life