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"Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

"There are certain truths that occurs to us, which we cannot convey in words, but requires a personal experience to grasp more vividly."

"My truth could be very different than your truth."

"I see the truth in people because they can see the truth in me."

"The truth can do years of work in seconds."

"The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations."
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"He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk."

"When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shrink from being seen to do it, even though the world should misunderstand it; for if you are not acting rightly, shun the action itself; if you are, why fear those who wrongly censure you?"

"Man, what are you talking about? Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus himself can overpower."

"Practice yourself in little things and thence proceed to greater."

"It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body, for it is better to die than to live badly."
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