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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