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"So when someone would love to see you fail, forgive them, and draw upon that motivation to succeed."
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"Never stop acquiring the commonsense, it is as good as the knowledge."
"Collecting facts is important. Knowledge is important. But if you don't have an imagination to use the knowledge, civilization is nowhere."
"Ignorance leads to sin."
"She'd bought a blue notebook in the pharmacy to write down her aunt's remedies. Star tulip to understand dreams, bee balm for a restful sleep, black mustard seed to repel nightmares, remedies that used essential oils of almond or apricot or myrrh from thorn trees in the desert. Two eggs, which must never be eaten, set under a bed to clean a tainted atmosphere. Vinegar as a cleansing bath. Garlic, salt, and rosemary, the ancient spell to cast away evil."
"Without books, everything would have been crooked. Without books, the wisdom in books today would have been fairy and folk tales. Without books the whole truth about life would have been imaginations and a guessing game."
"Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."
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"The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity."
"Never be afraid to cry. Sometimes, nothing can cleanse the heart more than a few wet tears."
"Your words, your thoughts, your imagination: powerful tools. Remember that and use them wisely."
"Don't change your morality for the people around you, change the people around you with your morality."
"Forgiveness is not a gift you give someone else, forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself."
"When people talk about you behind your back, they're not just behind you, they're beneath you."
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