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“Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”

“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

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

“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”

“The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.”

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

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

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”

“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.”

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

“To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.”

“Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbors, unless with a view to some mutual benefit. To wonder what so-and-so is doing and why, or what he is saying, or thinking, or scheming -- in a word, anything that distracts you from fidelity to the ruler within you -- means a loss of opportunity for some other task.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”