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    I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

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What you cannot enforce, do not command.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

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Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice read more

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.

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To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows read more

To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows out a light.

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Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic read more

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.

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Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write read more

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.

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Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.

Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.

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It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. -Unknown.

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. -Unknown.

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Truth and History involve nothing more than convincing the masses that you are right.

Truth and History involve nothing more than convincing the masses that you are right.

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No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not read more

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not some day be antiquated...to seize the flying thought before it escapes us is our only touch with reality.

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