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A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.

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Creativity is the highest form of intelligence. Over time, after developing a more advanced creative brain, I started feeling that my college education was more so something to be ashamed of rather than something to be proud of.
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The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.
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Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly.
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A god who gave us everything we wanted would be the most malevolent god of all. With an infantile curiosity, we insist on tasting the cockroach on the floor while our father is preparing a magnificent feast for us.
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Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.
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To seek greatness is the only righteous vengeance.
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If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.
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An encouraged person will eventually get his drive from encouragement he becomes more dependent. A person that never really receives encouragement learns to move out of spite he becomes more independent.
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Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
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In societies where coolness and being cool is a top priority, the religious replace the word 'religious' with 'spiritual' to make their faiths seem less extreme.
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I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.
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I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all.
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Never take advice about never taking advice. That is an old vice of men - to dish it out without being able to take it - the blind leading the blind into more blindness.
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What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.
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You think you're losing your mind, but do keep in mind, as long as you may, that the ability to go on thinking such a thing means it's not all gone.
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It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.
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If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.
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Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.
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Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.
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My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.
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