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"The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched."
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"God takes the weak and makes them strong. He takes the vile and makes them clean. He takes the worthless and makes them worthwhile. He takes the sinful and makes them sinless."
"Reality is what people who lack vision see."
"Being a philosopher requires a lot of thinking and no action. Being a model requires a lot of action and no thinking."
"Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible."
"For what is truth? In matters of religion, it is simply the opinion that has survived. In matters of science, it is the ultimate sensation. In matters of art, it is one's last mood."
"The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for."
"Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested intellectual development."
"You can't go home again — it’s not necessarily that places change, but that people do."
"I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked."
"There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful."
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"I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
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