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Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.
What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.
The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.
We are born into this world with clenched fists, we leave it with fingers apart- preaching the lesson that you take nothing with you.
We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.
There are four types of students: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sieve. The sponge, which soaks up everything; the funnel, which takes in at one end and lets out at the other; the strainer, which permits the wine to pass out and retains the lees; and the sieve, which separates the bran from the fine flour.
It is only in the giving of ourselves to others that we truly live — only with the meeting of our minds — thine and mine — do we become conscious of the divine spark each of us shares — only in sharing in our daily contacts, one with another, in our mutual hopes and fears do we find real peace. The human contribution is the essential ingredient.