Aphorisms
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Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
The doer alone learneth.
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them — that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
The environment is everything that isn't me.
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
