It is sometimes no less startling to meet the dog than the wolf.

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The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

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Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.

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If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.

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If you don't build castles in the air you won't build anything on the ground.

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Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.

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From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician. From the point of view of feeling, the actor’s craft is the type.

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The social edifice of the past rests on three columns,—the priest, the king, and the hangman.

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