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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
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Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.
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A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.
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Thinking is good, but excessive thinking is not. Between thoughts if there is a period of thoughtlessness, thoughts will be fresh and pathbreaking. A thinker will be able to cultivate a strain of healthy thoughts only when he pays attention to thoughtlessness also.
Source: Thought at Sunrise (2007) -
A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
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Old people love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set a bad example.
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If it is true that 'good wine needs no bush', 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue.
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Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made law.
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The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
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Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
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After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
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Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
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One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
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The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.
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