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"Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own."

Truth, Man, Personality

"Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself."

Love,

"I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this."

Man, Men, Will

"I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved."

Society, Chess

"It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite."

Desire, Imperfection, Man

"It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important."

Relationship, Relationships

"It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting."

Society, Quarrel, World

"Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God."

Life, Love, God, Lovers

"How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech."

Man, Men, Thought, Freedom, Speech

"Don't forget to love yourself."

Love, Forget

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"The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Life, Civilization, Improvement, Mankind, Security

"A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Life, Man, Woman

"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Life, Morality, May

"Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society."

Karl Marx, German Philosopher

Life, Health, Society

"Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!"

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Life, Machine, Nerves, Poor

"Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Life, Care, Day, Rest, Will

"No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right."

Helen Keller, American Author

Life, Happiness, Man, Right

"It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Life, Saying

"How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?"

Tony Robbins, American Author

Life, Order, Today, Tomorrow

"Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others."

Helen Keller, American Author

Life, Business