"Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have."
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"It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience to disappear where it does exist."
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"Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us holy but we may make it holy. However “sacred” a calling may be, as it is a calling, it has no power to sanctify."
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"What does learning mean: accumulating knowledge or transforming your life?"
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"Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?"
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"God does not love some ideal person, but rather human beings just as we are, not some ideal world, but rather the real world."
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"Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay."
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"Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief."
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"They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work."
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"Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours."
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"Anyone can love you when things are alright. It takes courage to love when things are not good and it does not feel right."
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"The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes its secrets"
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"Individuals carry their success or failure with them. It does not depend on outside conditions."
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"If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them."
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"Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does"
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"God's only excuse is that he does not exist."
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"Life is so damned hard, so damned hard... It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can't be hurt ever any more. That's the last and worst thing it does."
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"No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare of others, for each may seek his happiness in whatever way he sees fit, so long as he does not infringe upon the freedom of others to pursue a similar end which can be reconciled with the freedom of everyone else within a workable general law ? i.e. he must accord to others the same right as he enjoys himself."
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"The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school."
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"Anyone who does anything useful will not go unpaid."
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