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I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

Few persons are made of such strong fiber that they will make a costly outlay when surface work will pass as well in the market.

There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he is absolutely free to choose.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

I'm comfortable being old being black being Jewish.

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

The simplest explanation is that it doesn't make sense.

There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and financial opportunities. Other high stakes will be missed by people if they don't master and connect information.

It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly, without method, it is waste, without kindness, it is fanaticism, without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power, with clarity, it is beneficence, with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius.

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.