“How I would like that now, that sheer senseless falling in love with externals, the love never earned by qualities of goodness, of character, of intelligence, of wit, of charm, of life-force. In short, how I would like to be loved in a way never earned so that I would never have to keep earning it or work for it”
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“Do things for the right reasons and the money will follow.”
“Suddenly, after you die, those friends who never agreed about anything agree about your character.”
“I go out an honest man, but you stay in a rogue.”
“If 'character' had a body...'integrity' would be it's spinal cord and 'humility' it's heart.”
“My passport just identifies me; my behavior shows my real identity.”
“Measure a person’s worth by their character, not their possessions.”