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"The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be."
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"So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge."

"Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do? Did I make a mistake? Should I be doing something else?"

"If 'pratikraman' happens immediately [as the mistake happen], then it will bring one in the state of God (Bhagwan-pad)."

"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."

"Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all."

"Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem."

"A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor."
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"A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself."


"All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape."


"Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success."


"No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist."


"Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell."
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