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"It is an incapacitating emotion one feels upon hearing the whispered words "I still love you" after deeply hurting that soul. Forgiveness isn't weakness.It is power."

"As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power."

"True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare."

"If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality."

"Our real power in life comes from our true thinking!"

"All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."
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"Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves."

"Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology."

"People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute."

"We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy."

"Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind."

"Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul."

"Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs."
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