One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.
In plain words
What you believe shows up in what you choose, not in what you say.
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- You Learn by Living (1960), p. xix -- Wikiquote Sourced section, her own book with page number.
- You Learn by Living
- 1960 · memoir/essay collection
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