Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. ― Nelson Mandela

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It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty. — Dalai Lama

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. - Voltaire

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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

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I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

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To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.

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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom. ― Leo Tolstoy

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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.― Mark Twain

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Most perfect self-understanding is the capability to directly (immediately) transcend dilemma, all problems, all seeking.

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