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"Painting isn't a question of sensibility; it's a matter of seizing the power, taking over from nature, not expecting her to supply you with information and good advice."
"Never read Who Moved My Cheese in the workplace when you can read The Joy of Not Working."
"No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a pill, or distract ourselves, but by all means make it go away. (5)"
"Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour."
"One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree - make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to."
"Often you just have to rely on your intuition."
"If a rabbit gave advice and the advice wasn't accepted, he immediately forgot it, and so did everyone else."
"The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others."
"Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart."
"We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe."
"The reason we love our parents is because they loved us first. Every single company should take this advice."
"Listen soberly: Just be 'I Am'; just stay here! ... There's nothing that can stop you from following this simple advice."
"Know how to use evasion. That is how smart people get out of difficulties."
"Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear."
"Rothschild is the Lord and Master of the money markets of the world, and of course virtually Lord and Master of everything else. He literally held the revenues of Southern Italy in pawn, and Monarchs and Ministers of all countries courted his advice and were guided by his suggestions."
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."
"Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are until someone finds you."
"A true Leader asks advice, when he has time to think; but he never asks advice in a crisis. He acts."
"How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning."
"I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions."
