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"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
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Personal Development

"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."
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Personal Development

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."
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Personal Development

"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down."
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Personal Development

"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
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Personal Development

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
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Personal Development

"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."
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Personal Development

"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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Personal Development

"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."
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Personal Development

"A human being is only breath and shadow."
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Personal Development
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"What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place."
Music

"I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave."
Age

"I've been performing on stage since I was six years old."
Old

"I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do."
Love

"I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to."
Poetry

"I don't see the world unless I see it in ink."
World

"My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it."
Goal

"On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers."
Hair

"Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it."
Being

"So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents."
Disillusion
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