The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.

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The most important time is Now

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Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.

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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

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Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits.

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Memento mori - remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?

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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.

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When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

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What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.

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