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When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

Hermann Hesse

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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Path Philosophy
Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Force Love Strong
Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Happiness Object Talent
All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Beginning Oneself Serious
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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Hold On Let Go Life Love Strength
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
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Book Stars Teaching
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
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Art Life Wisdom
As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Being Single Literature Soul
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Character Courage Inspirational
Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
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Inspirational Life Teaching Wisdom
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Deal Sanity
Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
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Believe Deep Endurance Happiness Life Love Perspective
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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Believe Faith Goodness Inspirational Transformation
Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
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Age Happiness Mindset People Talent Youth
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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Laughter Learning Serious
You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
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Alone Friendship Travel Yourself

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