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“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

“One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.”

“We in the richest societies have too many calories even as we starve for beautiful, fresh food; we have overly large houses but lack spaces that truly embody our individuality and connectedness; media surround us everywhere while we starve for authentic communication. We are offered entertainment every second of the day but lack the chance to play. In the ubiquitous world of money, we hunger for all that is intimate, personal and unique.”

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”

“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.”

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.”

“Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.”

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

“People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.”

“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”