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You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
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Do not read as children do to amuse yourself or like the ambitious for the purpose of instruction. No read in order to live.
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
Stupidity is something unshakable, nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it, it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.
Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius is above all force.
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The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.
The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand, nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.
This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.
