Health alone does not suffice. To be happy, to become creative, man must always be strengthened by faith in the meaning of his own existence.

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The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.

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Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.

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One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.

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In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

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It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

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It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.

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One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

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There is nothing more vindictive, nothing more underhanded, than a little world that would like to be a big one.

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Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.

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