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'Twixt the optimist and the pessimist
the difference is quite droll:
The optimist the doughnut sees,
the pessimist, the hole.
- McLandburgh Wilson

Man is happy only as he finds work
Worth doing … and does it well.
- E. Merrill Root

The world is a great mirror.
It reflects back to you what you are.
If you are loving, if you are friendly,
If you are helpful, the world will prove
Loving and friendly and helpful to you.
The world is what you are.
- Thomas Dreier