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Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily.

Wilhelm Reich

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Wilhelm Reich
Age: 60 †
Born: 1897
Born: March 24
Died: 1957
Died: November 3
Academic
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Sex Educator
Writer
Heart
Voice
Happily
Thing
Become
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Life
Soul
Torture
Live
Leads
Wells
Souls
Well
Follow
Embittered
Hard
Path
Tortures
Even
Times
Timid

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