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"It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses."
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"Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth."
"Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor."
"Employment is the exploitation of the employer's courage, and, the employed's fear of failure."
"Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory."
"What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union."
"If employment really cared about employees, people wouldn't have to work until retirement comes to their rescue."
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"The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being."
"Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy."
"Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life."
"Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict."
"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."
"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."
"Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates."
"Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated."
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