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«Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.»
«In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.»
«How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.»
«It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.»
«I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way»
«If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.»
«Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.»