"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
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"Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have"
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"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."
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"Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand."
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"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
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"Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs."
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"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."
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"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."
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"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
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"If you chase two rabbits, you catch none."
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"Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil...the interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe."
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"I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet."
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"A man of wisdom delights in water."
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"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."
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"Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?"
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"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself."
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"There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity."
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"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."
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"Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future."
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"The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials."
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