The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.

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In order to write about life first you must live it.

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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

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Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.

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Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be

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The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical experience, insight and the resulting wisdom many are strong at the broken places just like mended broken bones often are, and some people even have the great insight to be grateful for the purifying fire.

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To be successful in writing, use short sentences.

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Religion is the opium of the poor.

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The telephone and visitors are the work destroyers.

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You must be prepared to work always without applause.

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