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One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better
To know oneself, one should assert oneself
Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murders. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances
Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
Out of chaos God made a world, and out of high passions comes a people
We are all alike, on the inside
If you wish to know yourself observe how others act. If you wish to understand others look into your own heart
None but himself can be his parallel
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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