"Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."
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"The strongest force in the universe is Compound Interest."
"The best way to be original is to be yourself."
"You must look most intimately and discover for yourself; then it is your own, not somebody else’s, not something that you have been told, because there is no teacher and no follower."
"Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one."
"The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity."
"Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do."
"It's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all."
"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself."
"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."
"Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free."
"Be yourself and enjoy yourself. Show me a smile and I'll show you one back. Karma: Believe in it. It's real. It comes back to you."
"It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group."
"There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be."
"The choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."
"We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so."
"Ride the energy of your own unique spirit."
"Be yourself, let you come through."
"One does not "find oneself" by pursuing one's self, but on the contrary by pursuing something else and learning through discipline or routine. . . who one is and wants to be."