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"Wade straight through life, right through the cesspool, while keeping eyes and heart open."
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"Don't ever be afraid to show who you really are, because as long as you are happy with yourself, no one else's opinion matters."

"Nothing could be more wrong than the old cliche that says any religion will do just as long as one is sincere. In no other area of life is there so much error, deception, and charlatanism as in religion."

"Well, it all comes to this, there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is to live in our own."

"You've got to know thyself, date thyself and most importantly be thyself."

"We look back on our life as a thing of broken pieces, because our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained."

"A person lives a false life whenever they are afraid to make contact with his or her authentic self. A sensitive ego " one that protects a person from pain " can also prevent a person from maturing mentally and emotionally by causing a person to distort truths and refuse to admit unpleasant facts."

"There's nothing more beautiful than authenticity. There's nothing stronger than vulnerability. There's no better time than now."

"Authenticity isn't just about saying "this is who I am-it is also about being flexible enough to recognize and appreciate the uniqueness in others-honoring the mutual respect for being authentic and true."

"A human should realize himself and be responsible for himself if he wants to become the true person he is to be."

"To be "great" is an ego goal; to be real is existential."
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