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I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
 
It is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our religious traditions.
 
My wife and I have an agreement. I don't try to run her life and I don't try to run mine.
 
Hell is other people.
 
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
 
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
 
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
 
The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest.
 
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
 
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
 
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
 
It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that this is a mistake. All that is needed is a readiness to learn from one's partner in the discussion, which includes a genuine wish to understand what he intends to say. If this readiness is there, the discussion will be the more fruitful the more the partner's backgrounds differ.
 
The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.
 
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
 
The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you
 
Information: any difference that makes a difference.
 
In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them.
 
The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.
 
FIDELITY: A virtue particular to those about to be betrayed.
 
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
 
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