It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

You are not a beautiful unique snowflake... This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.

We are all selfish, and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

The moment at which two people approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven't. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine and man cannot live without love.

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