He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.
True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
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“But he has nothing on at all,” said a little child at last.
In all things it is better to hope than to despair.
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
All grown-ups were once children (but only few of them remember it).
It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
Change alone is the constant.
As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.
One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather.
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
The sun is new each day.
Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
The need to be right - the sign of a vulgar mind.
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.
But where the danger is, also grows the saving power.
I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.
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The greatest disorder of the mind is to believe certain things because we want them to be such and not because we have seen what they are.
Universal Nature has made reasonable creatures for the sake of one another.
Amongst democratic nations, each new generation is a new people.
Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.
Courage in the path is what makes the path manifest itself.
Though men be much governed by interest; yet even interest itself, and all human affairs, are entirely governed by opinion.
A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
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