"The life you want is a manifestation of self-realization."
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"My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world."
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"With wisdom comes responsibility. Somewhere along the way, I misplaced both."
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"The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing."
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"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."
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"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
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"Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."
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"Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses."
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"Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom."
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"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."
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"Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."
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"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish."
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"This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor... Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond."
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"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."
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"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
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"I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it."
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"We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society."
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"There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself."
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"That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession."
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"Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."
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