Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

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    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.

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