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“When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.”
“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
“The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill.”
“Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.”
“We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening”
“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
“The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.”
“If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.”
“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”
“What people need and what they want may be very different.”
“Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.”
“Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.”
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day.”
“We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.”
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest Second, by imitation, which is easiest and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
“As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.”
“Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
“Use your smile to change the world but don't let the world change your smile.”
“The key to success is failure.”
“There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.”
“Death is not sad; the sad thing is that most people don't really live at all.”
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