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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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Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart til it reaches my outer me
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Don't change your mind just because people are offended change your mind if you're wrong.
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There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper.
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Philosophy may serve as the bridge between theology and science. All atheism is a philosophy, but not all philosophy is atheism. Philosophy ('love of wisdom') is simply a tool depending on how one uses it, and in some cases, logically understanding the nature of God and existence.
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Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.
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I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved.
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Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.
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Genius - the pursuit of madness.
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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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Bad luck with women is a determined man's road to success. For every affliction, he makes, out of indignation, yet another advancement in order to exceed the man that the woman chose over him. This goes to show that great men are made great because they once learned how to fight the feeling of rejection.
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Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.
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Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know.
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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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Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.
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Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.
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I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace.
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When you mature in your relationship with God you realize how suffering and patience are like eating your spiritual vegetables.
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I often find that people confuse inner peace with some sense of insensibility whenever something goes wrong. In such cases inner peace is a permit for destruction: The unyielding optimist will pretend that the forest is not burning either because he is too lazy or too afraid to go and put the fire out.
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