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"There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book, and a tired man who wants a book to read."
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"Ignorance leads to sin."

"Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."

"Knowledge of all living beings of the entire world is in only one Soul. But the knowledge that sees the ego and everything, as objects to be known (gneya); only that knowledge is called as the 'Knowledge'. However, that is partial Knowledge but only from that moment it is regarded as real applied focused awareness. Where there is Knowledge, the focused applied awareness may be partial or complete."

"Circumstances will change but (True) Knowledge [Gnan] will not change."
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"I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell you. I know of men who believe in themselves more colossally than Napoleon or Caesar. I know where flames the fixed star of certainty and success. I can guide you to the thrones of the Super-men. The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums."

"When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude."

"The issue is now quite clear. It is between light and darkness and every one must choose his side."

"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul."

"As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly."
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