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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
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"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."
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"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
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"A sage's mind is greater than a warrior's sword."
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"It's ridiculous to repeat costly mistakes because you believe there is always a next chance. Mistakes may flow, but you have all it takes to close the canals they used!"
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"The Holy Bible is the greatest book."
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"Secrets, Kohler finally said, "are a luxury we can no longer afford."
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"I never seemed to learn from joy, I earned my portion of wisdom through sadness."
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"When you live by understanding, you will escape destructions."
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"It doesn't work, she continues, unclasping her hands, smoothing her skirt. "What you're feeling right now doesn't work. You can't wander around and think the wandering will call them back. Believe me. I know you don't want to hear the long view, but let me tell you. You are so young. I know it's none of my business. But still."
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"As if a great creature had grown old without being able to express its feelings. Not that it didn't know how to express them, but rather it didn't know what to express."
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"Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed."
Faith
"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
Challenge
"The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing."
Wisdom
"Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents."
Education
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
Wisdom
"I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?"
Mortality
"Ruin and recovery are both from within."
Healing
"The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going."
Leadership
"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."
Happiness
"Philosophy does not promise to secure anything external for man, otherwise it would be admitting something that lies beyond its proper subject-matter. For as the material of the carpenter is wood, and that of statuary bronze, so the subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life."
Philosophy
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