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You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star
When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you
At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time
Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men
No one has ever learned fully to know themselves
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away
He who is plenteously provided for from within, needs but little from without
There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being
I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene
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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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