Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers.

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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

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Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.

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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.

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Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

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We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivion, and we have become a voice that causes the heavens to tremble.

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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

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Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self-confidence and your self-doubt.

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I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

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Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against passion and your appetite.

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