Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.
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For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
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The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
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Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
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Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
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