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“And so, what of it all? What of me and my passions and personas, my great loves and failures of love, my writing, my politics? What of the clanging opinions, the endless queries as to the whys and wherefores of how I chose to conduct myself? In the end, there is but one answer to every question, whether it is spit at me or made as gentlest inquiry: I was I.”

“Don´t let your work define you. But let you define what works for you to defy and refine you even more.”

“You want to be a river? This is not necessary because you can be a river without being a river; just flow in your life, this is what the rivers are doing, they are flowing! Remember, you can be anything without giving up yourself. Never wish to be something else, always be yourself! You want to be a Sun? Just give warmth to everyone with kind words!”

“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.”

“Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.”

“Your life is not little, and your playing small doesn’t serve the world. Your living large, on the other hand-your being your true self despite fear, fatigue, doubt, and opposition- will serve the world more than you can imagine. In fact, it may help save it. And saving the world, after all, is what all heroes (including you) are here to do.”

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.”

“All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.”

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”