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Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects.
The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
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There are victories of the soul and spirit.
Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is
that which he exercies over himself.
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Our attitudes control our lives.
Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours
a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance
that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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To achieve great things, two things are needed;
a plan, and not quite enough time.
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Anxiety in the heart weighs one down.
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Anxiety will make a man old before his time.
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Anxiety kills even the most heroic of heroes.
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Better ten small worries than one big worry.
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Accept the apology of one who offers it, be it truth or lie!
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The apple does not fall far from the tree.
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There is no art without craft.
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To appraise an artist's achievement, there are thousands of words in our lexicon, but the most convincing is the little phrase 'We liked it!'
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Make it your rule not to ask for yourself more than others give you!
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If you do not aspire to great things, you will not achieve even little ones.
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Will a man build the attic and then the house?
(First things first)
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One does not send a dob as a gift to a bald man.
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Can there be a banquet without preparations?
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Do not bargain when you are out of cash!
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Every beginning is difficult.
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There is no beginning without an end.
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One must behave before men as one must before God.
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From a man's blessings one may know if he be a scholar or not.
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Who is blind? Who declines to see light.