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  • Albert Einstein Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Our expenses are all for conformity.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Sophocles Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
    Sophocles
    Greek poet (496 - 406)
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  • Luther Burbank Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in physical or mental forms, tingeing all future lives together. This should be enough for one who lives for truth and service to his fellow passengers on the way.
    Luther Burbank
    American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer (1849 - 1926)
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  • Susan Sontag Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience. All the conditions of modern life - its material plenitude, its sheer crowdedness - conjoin to dull our sensory faculties.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Bhagavad Gita Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Callum Keith Rennie Painting puts me into an alpha state. It's a private event. I make all the decisions in the process and never have to deal with the outside world.
    Callum Keith Rennie
    British-born Canadian actor (1960 - )
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  • Edmund Burke Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Carrie Fisher People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Russell Baker People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.
    Russell Baker
    American journalist (1925 - )
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  • Ben Stein Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Henry David Thoreau Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • O. S. Hawkins Real Christianity is lovely. There is a quality about a Spirit-filled, radiant Christian that draws and attracts others and causes them to ''enjoy favor with all the people.'' The truth is that the gospel is not nearly as offensive as some of its proponents!
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  • Carl Sagan Some racists still reject the plain testimony written in the DNA that all the races are not only human but nearly indistinguishable.
    Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (2011) 467
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Cato the Elder Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Michael Korda Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. In the final analysis, the only quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
    Michael Korda
    American publisher (1933 - )
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  • G.W.F. Hegel The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Alfred Adler The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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  • John Ruskin The great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than the furnace blast, is all in very deed for this - that we manufacture everything there except men.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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