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Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

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If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do.

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I was out of my bed in one second, trembling with excitement, and I dashed to the door and into the adjoining room, where I could watch the streets below from the windows.

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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

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It was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion.

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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.

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Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age.

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Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.

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The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.

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Solitude is independence.

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The truth is lived, not taught.

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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

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What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

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There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.

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