"A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are."
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"Life's as kind as you let it be."
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"The commandment to refrain from placing blame on our parents, deeply imprinted in us by our upbringing, skillfully performs the function of hiding essential truths from us."
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"Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself."
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"The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest."
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"Let Go of Your Worries Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like the face of a mirror that contains no images. If you want a clear mirror, behold yourself and see the shameless truth, which the mirror reflects. If metal can be polished to a mirror-like finish, what polishing might the mirror of the heart require? Between the mirror and the heart is this single difference: the heart conceals secrets, while the mirror does not."
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"An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it."
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"To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul."
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"Speak the truth. Give whatever you can. Never be angry. These three steps will lead you Into the presence of the gods."
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"He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie."
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"And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh."
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"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."
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"The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."
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"Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it."
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"Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering."
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"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."
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"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want."
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"In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."
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"Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed."
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"Listen to my story and everything will come out true"
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