Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

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Crossing out is an art that is, perhaps, even more difficult than writing. It requires the sharpest eye to decide what is superfluous and must be removed. And it requires ruthlessness toward yourself -- the greatest ruthlessness and self-sacrifice. You must know how to sacrifice parts in the name of the whole.

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True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.

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I don't look ahead. I'm right here with you. It's a good way to be. — Danny DeVito

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One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. ― Marcus Aurelius

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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

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Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. ― Aristotle

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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

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The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives. _ Albert Schweitzer

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