Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse
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The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit
True understanding lies beyond the desert
Keeping hatred against someone is like helping him to torture you
Forget about the great astounding victory. Focus on winning small victories every day, the final victory will come by itself
You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster
If there is no reward, there is no reason to run
If you think you can't, you're wrong and right
True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slave
Calm is the best revenge
You are what you believe
You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get there
People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish
Wise men are wise yet their actions always seem otherwise to others who always think of the otherwise
The real value of intellectuals is not just the value of their intellect but the impact. The distinctive footprints they are able to leave on minds with their wit whilst they live and how such footprints give latter days minds something to ponder over long after they are gone!
They say that wisdom is a dying flower, and I disagree. In a world covered in mud, the lotus still continues to grow. Even after mankind washes itself away from the surface of the earth, knowledge will still remain. Look no further than the bosom of Nature. It offers all the solutions needed to cure and unite humanity. Wise men only exist as interpreters and transmitters of Truth. Their time on earth is limited, but Nature's existence is eternal. Open books shall always exist for those with an opened eye and pure heart; for Truth can only be seen by those with truth in them.
They listened more than they talked, but that was the way of wise men and women.
This conflict between right and fact has endured since the origins of society. To bring the duel to an end, to consolidate the pure ideal with the human reality, to make the right peacefully interpenetrate the fact, and the fact the right, this is the work of the wise.