"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."

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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

Stephen King, American Author

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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."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Wisdom is not in intelligence but in simplicity."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"Sometimes only when opportunity stops banging to be let in do we notice its absence!"

Stephen Richards, British Author

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

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"Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses."

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"To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect."

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"People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure."

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"The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him."

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"If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people,You must learn how to follow them."

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"He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip."

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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

"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."

"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

"Wisdom is not in intelligence but in simplicity."

"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."

"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

"Sometimes only when opportunity stops banging to be let in do we notice its absence!"

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."

"Love is of all the passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses."

"To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect."

"People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure."

"From caring comes courage."

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

"If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind."

"The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him."

"If you want to govern the people,You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people,You must learn how to follow them."

"He who acts, spoils; he who grasps, lets slip."