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Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Age: 59 †
Born: 1821
Born: September 27
Died: 1881
Died: May 11
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Pay bad people with your goodness fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve a victory over other people, you will conquer yourself.
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Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.
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True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.
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[T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it.
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