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-- Sir Edmund Hillary

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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.



It's very expressive of myself. I just lump everything in a great heap which I have labeled ''the past,'' and, having thus emptied this deep reservoir that was once myself, I am ready to continue.



So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.



The beauty of the past is that it is the past. The beauty of the now is to know it. The beauty of the future is to see where one is going.



The rewards in life go to those who are willing to give up the past



Maintain peace with men, war with their vices.



Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.



Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God.



Peace may cost as much as war, but it is a better buy.



Peace won by the compromise of principles is a short-lived achievement.



The best way to end a war is not to begin it.



Two things rob people of their peace of mind : work unfinished and work not yet begun.



No one becomes perfect, but some become great.



The nearest to perfection that most people come is when filling out an employment application.



If you get up one time more than you fall, you will make it through.