"I used the boos, and not the booze, as motivation. That led to applause, which I drank up like an alcoholic. I need a refill."
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"He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know."
"I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy."
"Chase away sorrow by living"
"It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing."
"Wisdom is the daughter of experience"
"The man of wisdom is never of two minds;the man of benevolence never worries;the man of courage is never afraid."
"Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans."
"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"
"I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances, Be more active, Show up more often."
"You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself."
"No man is poor who has a Godly mother."
"The more you know, the less you need."
"May Light always surround you;Hope kindle and rebound you.May your Hurts turn to Healing;Your Heart embrace Feeling.May Wounds become Wisdom;Every Kindness a Prism.May Laughter infect you;Your Passion resurrect you.May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires.Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire."
"What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness."
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."
"Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end."
"Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge."
"Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect."
"La rutina no está tanto en las cosas como en nuestra incapacidad para crear a cada momento un vínculo original con ellas, en nuestra tendencia a leerlas por la falsilla de lo rutinario, de lo ya aprendido. Hay que seguir dejando siempre abierta la puerta al cuarto de jugar."