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"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."

"I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited."

"The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired."

"Without 'Gnan' (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away."

"You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever."

"Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural."

"Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire."

"He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes when they were really hungry they created vast banquets in their imagination - but at the end of the day they'd settle quite happily for egg and chips. If it was well done and maybe had a slice of tomato."

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
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"The literature hardly helps. You remember it only when you are well, healthy, and in a positive state of mind. And you tend to blame your circumstances and people around you for the outcome of the follies you commit."

"In any relationship, frequent usage of two words is very important. They can change the course of destiny. These words are ' Thank You, and Sorry."

"As the lines on the palm and forehead turned darker and thicker, as he matured along the highs and lows of life - wave, the hazy and blurred phrases shook off the dust of time and dried the moisture of pain, thus being vivid like an image on a carved glass. The incidences in his life ahead sharpened the blunt edges of diamond and the hitherto blurred prophecies found meaning, found reflection like that in a mirror."

"Fulfil the needs of the soul, which travels beyond the death and which will survive the extinction of the world."

"Making a woman fall for a man is a natural talent. You can practice it but you can't master it. Practice does not make you expert, but dampens your spirits every time you fail."
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