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“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”
“I constantly look up words and meanings in search of the perfect variable, method, and class names.”
“A path is made by walking on it.”
“Desire for the fruits of work must never be your motive in working.”
“If you want to change how you see your problems, you have to change what you value and/or how you measure failure/success.”
“Forever is composed of now's.”
“If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.”
“Failure is acceptable. Not trying is a whole different ball park.”
“To give pain is the tyranny to make happy, the true empire of beauty.”
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
“For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.”
“You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.”
“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.”
“Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.”
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time.”
“These aren't the droids you're looking for.”
“Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.”
“Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food.”
“Ignore what a man desires, and you ignore the very source of his power.”
“Failure is feedback. Learn from it and move on.”
“A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.”
“The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.”
“To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders.”
“No man can walk out on his own story.”
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