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"The man who is intoxicated with life does not pass judgment, does not seek to come to a conclusion, does not impose his message on the world."
"One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else."
"I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role."
"I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up."
"Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure."
"The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life."
"In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive."
"When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself."
"There were people who went to sleep last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. And those dead folks would give anything at all for just five minutes of this weather or ten minutes of plowing. So you watch yourself about complaining. What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it."
"Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest."
"We're just enthusiastic about what we do."
"And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here."
"Just 'cause somethin' ain't been done Don't mean it can't be did."
"I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no writings which will lead your mind back to Spirit. Today I speak this way, tomorrow that, but always the Path is beyond words and beyond mind."
"You look how you look"
"There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only one you."
"This is a good life lesson: getting the right people into your system is the most important thing you can do."
"How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em."
"This is what I've learned, in my life: Headbanging is crucial. Growing up is hard to do. There's nothing wrong with wearing a dress."