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"If the storm underestimates your power, nothing happens to him; but if you underestimate the power of the storm, you sink!"

"Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don't throw away the best of yourself."

"Every road will take you somewhere! But the question is: To where? To a sunny place or to a place full with shadows? Those who are very sure of their paths often end up in the second place! Don't be so sure with your path, question it ten times, question it hundred times!"

"Any fool that had once helped you will someday make known to everyone that you were once a needy. No matter how broke you are, don't ever be quick to ask for help, let it be voluntary, and you must also learn to feign repudiation, no matter how valuable the offer."
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"The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round."


"From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths " outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone."


"There is something in man which can detect real love. We rub it out, or muffle it, by substitute-love."


"You must improve yourself on a higher level if you are to be able to help people, and not just weep over them."
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