The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.
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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.
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Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures.
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