I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.

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He who does not oppose evil......commands it to be done.

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There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

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Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

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Most men are of naught more use in their lives but as machines for turning food into sh*t.

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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

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Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.

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