"Every spoken word arouses our self-will."
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"The older we grow, the greater become the ordeals."
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"We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them."
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"Energy is the basis of everything. Every Jew, no matter how insignificant, is engaged in some decisive and immediate pursuit of a goal... It is the most perpetual people of the earth."
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"What you can do, or think you can, begin it."
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"No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries."
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"In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable."
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"For the nature of a women is closely allied to art. [Ger., Denn das Naturell der Frauen Ist so nah mit Kunst verwandt.]"
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"Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth."
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"If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet."
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"Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking."
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"Nothing is worth more than this day."
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"Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated."
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"He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent."
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"Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic"
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"Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate."
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"Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay."
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"Sceptics are yet the most credulous."
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"I will be lord over myself."
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"Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive."
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