Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
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Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.
In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go
Without an uninvestigated story, there's only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that's revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
"And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5′ 11". So I just picked baseball."
Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice.
It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
We can still astonish the gods in humanity_x000D_ _x000D_ And be the stuff of future legends,_x000D_ _x000D_ If we but dare to be real,_x000D_ _x000D_ And have the courage to see_x000D_ _x000D_ That this is the time to dream_x000D_ _x000D_ The best dream of them all.
So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.
There will always be somebody more successful, more beautiful, more talented. You have to realize, you're not running their race. You're running your race.
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