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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
“Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.”
“Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.”
“True prayer has no set form.”
“Tis better to have loved and lost. <br>Than never to have loved at all.”
“I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.”
“Anyone with a new idea is a crank... until the idea succeeds.”
“People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.”
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
“Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.”
“Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.”
“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.”
“If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.”
“In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.”
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
“It doesn't matter what you do, only how well you do it.”
“He believed in me. And I found that so empowering.”
“Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.”
“Make peace with your inner turmoil.”
“Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.”
“She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.”
“The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.”
“Don't let schooling interfere with your education.”
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