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Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.
Constancy in love ... is only inconstancy confined to one object.
The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
We should only affect compassion, and carefully avoid having any.
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.
No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.
Self-love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.
Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.
Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding.
If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.
Blood is thicker than water, but politics are thicker than blood.
If we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe.
“You may have eternity. I have only now.” “But this is eternity.”
The most terrifying things in the universe came from human minds.
This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted.
You can only be really happy when you become what you really are.
Women have been systematically pushed out of spirituality by men.
Not to follow the dharma leads to disaster. Life will be unhappy.
Old Zen is the way of nothingness, the way of having a good time.
Life is a series of dreams, a series of interlocking awarenesses.
As we hate ourselves less, we tend to hate other people less too.
Self-honesty is absolutely necessary in the practice of Buddhism.
The world is the way the world is because we think that it is so.
Atlantean medicine was evolved to heal, since healing is oneness.
There is a certain drop of a type of kundalini when you have sex.
Learning how to be agreeable is the key to learning self-control.
The purpose of life is happiness. What else could it possibly be?
We are miracles. So don't deny yourself the miracle of happiness.
In this lifetime you can lose everything. Everything passes here.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over.
I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.
Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot.
The first time I saw you,' he says, 'I knew we belonged together.
People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes.
Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.
What we call evil is the absence of Light, of love, in all cases.
Emotional pain of any kind is a reminder to stop and look inside.
Intuition is a walkie-talkie between the personality an the soul.
To answer your question, you want me because I'm made of awesome.
Let truth be a banner big enough to hide the man who holds it up.
Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.
If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death.
An airport carpet can tell you everything about its surroundings!
There is nothing wrong with athletes coming back from retirement.
There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.
All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.