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“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.”

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

“Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect.”

“I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be proud to be stupid, be proud to be fool. Being a fool is a billion times better than being blinded by the illusion of intellect. I admit I am a fool, but at the very least, with each passing day I do my best to get lesser fool.”

“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.”

“Fortune hides behind action.”

“The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.”

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