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The world is a
dangerous place to live;
not because of the people
who are evil,
but because of the people
who don’t do anything
about it.

Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep.

Maybe the modern version of introspection is the sum total of all those highly individualized choices that we make about the material content of our lives.

Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood

The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

Most people think happiness is about gaining something, but it’s not. It’s all about getting rid of the darkness you accumulate.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.