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"I just always wanted to study human behavior because every psychologist that I would talk to would tell me I was bipolar, and I know I'm not bipolar, so I had to perform a psychoanalysis on myself to find out that I have unresolved grief."
"The more I study science, the more I believe in God."
"The more I study, the more insatiable do I feel my genius for it to be."
"Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."
"What you yourself hate, don't do to your neighbor. This is the whole law; the rest is commentary. Go and study."
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"The more we study the more we discover our ignorance."
"In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death."
"The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself."
"Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame."
"To study is not to consume ideas, but to create and re-create them."
"Study your lessons, don't settle for less."
"Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn"
"Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice."
"Political Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life."
"The more I study Hindu scriptures, and the more I discuss them with Brahmins, the more I feel convinced that untouchability is the greatest blot upon Hinduism."
"Say not: “When I have free time I shall study”, for you may perhaps never have any free time"
"Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency."
"The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live."
"You cannot know the body by studying the finger, and you cannot understand the universe by learning one science."
"All the more I study Nature do I revere God, because Nature is all the body of God we will ever know."
"When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely."
"The proper study of mankind is the science of design."
"Wherever in any society there are too many laws, it is a sure sign that that society will soon die. If you study the characteristics of India, you will find that no nation possesses so many laws as the Hindus, and national death is the result."
"Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille."
"To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies."
