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"Simplicity gives you the power of freedom.Kindness gives you the power of boldness.Humility gives you the power of acceptance."

"Me, I've seen 45 years, and I've only figured out one thing. That's this: if a person would just make the effort, there's something to be learned from everything. From even the most ordinary, commonplace things, there's always something you can learn. I read somewhere that they said there's even different philosophies in razors. Fact is, if it weren't for that, nobody'd survive."

"Intelligence is not always the source of knowledge but love is."

"Often morality defines our inner philosophy."

"Knowledge can be borrowed but wisdom cannot because wisdom comes from experience."

"The best teacher teaches by inspiring students to learn by showing them the ultimate purpose of learning."

"Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you."
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"Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions."

"Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values."

"We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure."

"Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself."
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