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"Well, what shall I say; our inward thoughts, do they ever show outwardly? There may be a great fire in our soul, but no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a little bit of smoke coming through the chimney, and pass on their way."
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"I take showers to think."

"When you are in action it is very difficult to get a bird's eye view of your own performance! Find some time to introspect."

"I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness."

"Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense.''Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works.' He says 'Somehow the mixture of two things is genius."

"When I awake thinking of dreams I slept on, I often wonder, if the dreams ever wake up thinking of me?"

"If you feel that you are going without go within."

"In this, journey, of reaching, to myself, I have had, many a, thoroughfares, goodbye affairs, reality checks, and, lovely overwhelms."

"Seeing the faults of others is indeed an echo of our own fault, the biggest fault is our own fault. That is known as the mad ego."

"We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within."

"We are not deceiving anyone, we are only deceiving our own soul [our own Self]."
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"Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling."


"Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope."


"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."


"There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even-the French air clears up the brain and does good-a world of good."


"Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone."


"It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning."


"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
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