"It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier."
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"It's easier to make changes with a pencil than a wrecking bar."
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"Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier."
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"It's easier to criticize somebody else, than to see yourself."
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"It never gets any easier. But I will get stronger. Because my story is far from over."
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"It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified."
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"I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It's not easier, it's more difficult."
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"Being active every day makes it easier to hear that inner voice."
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"Don't look for things to be easier, look for you to be better"
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"It is easier to believe that there was nothing before there was something than that there was something before there was nothing."
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"The more detailed the plan, the easier the trip."
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"It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach."
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"People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find."
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"It's easier to lie to yourself when you say things out loud."
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"Let yourself be open and life will be easier."
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"It's easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy."
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"When the heart is open, it's easier for the mind to be turned toward God."
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"It is easier to kill what we do not know."
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"It's easier to be with somebody. But it's better to be single if you're with the wrong person."
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"It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it."
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