The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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About Mark Twain

Portrait of Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include...

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When in doubt tell the truth.

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.

The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.

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The work here isn't to figure out why they didn't like you, or who's right and who's wrong. It's to practice being okay with the idea that there are some people who will get you and some people who won't… and that's fine.

—Reshma Saujani in Not Perfect

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is.

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Nonviolence is not some exalted regimen that can be practiced only by a monk or a master; it also pertains to the way one interacts with a child, vacuums a carpet, or waits in line.… Whenever we separate ourselves from a given situation (for example, through inattentiveness, negative judgments, or impatience), we "kill" something valuable:… people, things, one's own composure, the moment itself.… These small-scale incidences of violence accumulate relentlessly, are multiplied on a social level, and become a source of the large-scale violence that can sweep down upon us so suddenly.… One need not wait until war is declared and bullets are flying to work for peace.… A more constant and equally urgent battle must be waged each day against the forces of one's own anger, carelessness, and self-absorption.

—Kenneth Kraft

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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.

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