"But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything."
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"Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it."
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"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous."
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"Sexism is not the fault of women - kill your fathers, not your mothers"
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"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."
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"It takes a habit to replace a habit."
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"History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals."
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"If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way."
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"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."
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"You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution."
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"One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others."
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"Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives."
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"People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one."
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"I love to do the things the censors won't pass."
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"Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character."
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"One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy."
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"All of life is a constant education."
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"No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you."
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"Life and love generate effort, but effort will not generate them. Faith-in life, in other people, and in oneself-is the attitude of allowing the spontaneous to be spontaneous, in its own way and in its own time."
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"The future of civilization depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness which characterize the thoughts and convictions of men today, and reaching a state of fresh hope and fresh determination."
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