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"If you move faster than the music, it will look strange; if you move slower than the music, it will look strange! Be like autumn leaves which follow exactly the rhythm of the wind!"

"Don't be too busy growing old that you forget to grow up."

"You cannot truly know pleasure without pain. You cannot truly know strength without weakness. You cannot truly know joy without sorrow. You cannot truly know hope without despair."

"In light, there is no darkness; and in darkness, there is no light."

"As with most things in life, a healthy balance will keep us on the right path. To avoid too much eye contact or too little, seek to create a comfortable mix. It is generally encouraged to use more eye contact when you are listening and less when you are speaking."

"The absolute value of being neutral is zero."

"There is a law of opposition apparent in all life which guarantees balance and fullness."
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"The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope."


"The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards."


"If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism."


"If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying."


"A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice."


"The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service."
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