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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?

— Buddha

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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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There’s no bullshit.There’s no bullshit.

— John Lennon

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The eye, whose function we so certainly know by experience, has, down to my own time, been defined by an infinite number of authors as one thing; but I find, by experience, that it is quite another.The eye, whose function we so certainly know by experience, has, down to my own time, been defined by an infinite number of authors as one thing; but I find, by experience, that it is quite another.

— Leonardo da Vinci

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I like friends who have independent minds.I like friends who have independent minds.

— Nelson Mandela

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The soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong.The soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong.

— Lao Tzu

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I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest.I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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He is earnest in what he is doing, and careful in his speech.He is earnest in what he is doing, and careful in his speech.

— Confucius

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Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

— Confucius

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Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?

— Confucius

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One cannot reach truth by untruthfulness.One cannot reach truth by untruthfulness.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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But there may be good reasons for choosing not to do what is very agreeableBut there may be good reasons for choosing not to do what is very agreeable

— George Eliot

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It’s real, that’s all.It’s real, that’s all.

— John Lennon

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The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.The Moral Law tells us the tune we have to play: our instincts are merely the keys.

— C. S. Lewis

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You can’t connect the dots looking forwardYou can’t connect the dots looking forward

— Steve Jobs

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There is no wall of separation between means and end.There is no wall of separation between means and end.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

— Charles Dickens

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A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.

— Confucius

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Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvana).Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvana).

— Buddha

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Envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.Envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

— Steve Jobs

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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good.Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good.

— Aristotle

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Love is not this sentimental something that we talk about.Love is not this sentimental something that we talk about.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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The good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.The good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

— Aristotle

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