Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers … - John Bowring

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Live by your own rules Move to your rhythm, instead of dancing to the beat of someone else’s drum Decide how you want to be treated Choose what you will or will not tolerate Leave if you don’t get what you want.

John Bowring

Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone.

Caprice, Gone, Lingers, Pursued, Sleep, Swiftly

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There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part, Where seeds of truth and love might grow, And flowers of generous virtue flow; To plant, to watch, to water there, This be our duty, be our care.

Care, Duty, Flower, Heart, Love, Water

A happy family is but an ealier heaven.

Ealier, Family, Happy, Happy Family, Heaven

In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o'er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.

Christ, Light, Round, Storygathers, Sublime, Wrecks

In the cross of Christ I glory,

Christ, Cross, Crosses, Glory

Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.

Chance, God, Love, Men, Moving, Waneth

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Edward Tufte

Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose.

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Winston Churchill

For the first 25 years of my life, I wanted freedom. For the next 25 years, I wanted order. For the next 25 years, I realized that order is freedom.

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Alan Watts

For the world is an ever-elusive and ever-disappointing mirage only from the standpoint of someone standing aside from it—as if it were quite other than himself—and then trying to grasp it. But a third response is possible. Not withdrawal, not stewardship on the hypothesis of a future reward, but the fullest collaboration with the world as a harmonious system of contained conflicts—based on the realization that the only real "I" is the whole endless process.

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