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Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...