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“Curiosity is a student. Patience is a saint. Experience is a shelter. Intuition is a sage. Intelligence is a student. Prudence is a saint. Understanding is a shelter. Wisdom is a sage. Awareness is a student. Goodness is a saint. Discernment is a shelter. Virtue is a sage. Humility is a student. Faith is a saint. Joy is a shelter. Love is a sage. The mind is a student. The heart is a saint. The body is a shelter. The soul is a sage. Life is a student. Truth is a saint. Fate is a shelter. Immortality is a sage. Today is a student. Yesterday is a saint. Tomorrow is a shelter. Eternity is a sage. Mankind is a student. Nature is a saint. The universe is a shelter. God is a sage.”

“Books are a stairway to knowledge; experience is a highway to understanding; together they are an elevator to enlightenment.”

“To appreciate pleasure, someone had to experience pain; to appreciate joy, some had to experience sorrow; to appreciate love, some had to experience heartache; to appreciate freedom, some had to experience fear.”

“Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.”

“Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.”

“Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.”

“Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.”

“Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.”

“Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.”

“Planting your own garden is better than waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”

“Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.”

“The shrewd marry for money, the scheming marry for status, the calculating marry for power, but the wise marry for love.”

“The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.”

“If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.”

“If you are too good to look after God’s trash, you are not good enough to look after God’s treasure.”

“Knowledge offers you strength. Wisdom promises you influence. Understanding assures you wealth. Love guarantees you power.”