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"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

"Wisdom is not in intelligence but in simplicity."

"Ignorance is your opponent, fear is your enemy, vice is your adversary, virtue is your friend, and wisdom is your helper."

"Sometimes only when opportunity stops banging to be let in do we notice its absence!"
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"The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity."

"Never be afraid to cry. Sometimes, nothing can cleanse the heart more than a few wet tears."

"Your words, your thoughts, your imagination: powerful tools. Remember that and use them wisely."

"Don't change your morality for the people around you, change the people around you with your morality."

"Forgiveness is not a gift you give someone else, forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself."

"When people talk about you behind your back, they're not just behind you, they're beneath you."

"Happiness and Unhappiness are not things that just happen to you, they are a choice. They are a perspective. Smile, and think about that for a moment. Now smile some more. Not that hard is it?"
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