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"To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power."
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"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."
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"A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."
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"People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power."
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"Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught."
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"It is easy, out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice!"
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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."
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"Power is only vouchsafed to the man who dares to stoop and pick it up."
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"Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a habit, it has its own organic life, it develops finally into a disease. The habit can kill and coarsen the very best man or woman to the level of a beast. Blood and power intoxicate ... the return of the human dignity, repentance and regeneration becomes almost impossible."
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"Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power."
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"Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare."
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"Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence."
Belief
"We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living."
Power
"Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood."
Truth
"He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today."
Mistake
"Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end."
Death
"To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power."
Power
"Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated."
Science
"Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them."
God
"Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old."
Men
"Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine."
Happiness
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