Love may be harder to find in some people, but when they do love you know it must be something marvelous.
Criss Jami
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Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.
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In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.
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Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after an individual meets the adopted standards of the condemner; oppositely, unconditional love is a holy love.
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Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
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As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial.
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An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.
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Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.
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The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.
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What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.
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Being nice merely to be liked in return nullifies the point.
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