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The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.
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Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.
The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.
Memento mori - remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?
Happiness is in your ability to love others.
A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth