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I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart - Author object (267)

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. - Author object (267)

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. - Author object (267)

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think. - Author object (267)

The heart, like the mind, has a memory. And in it are kept the most precious keepsakes. - Author object (267)

It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. - Author object (267)

Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. - Author object (267)

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night. - Author object (267)

In character, in manner, in style, in all the things, the supreme excellence is simplicity - Author object (267)

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. - Author object (267)

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. - Author object (267)

Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mothers face. - Author object (267)

The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you. - Author object (529)

People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain. - Author object (228)

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. - Author object (228)

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. - Author object (564)

My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity. - Author object (564)

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. - Author object (564)

Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. - Author object (564)

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again. - Author object (564)