If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

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If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.

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We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

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