If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONPeace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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