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“A constant flow of thoughts expressed by other people can stop and deaden your own thought and your own initiative…. That is why constant learning softens your brain…. Stopping the creation of your own thoughts to give room for the thoughts from other books reminds me of Shakespeare’s remark about his contemporaries whoz sold their land in order to see other countries.” —Arthur Schopenhauer

“Do not force another person to do what you can do by yourself.” —Thomas Jefferson

God tests everyone, one with wealth, another with poverty. A rich man is tested in whether he would extend an arm of support to those who need it; a poor man in whether he would bear all his sufferings without discontent and with obedience. —The Talmud

“Be afraid to destroy the unity of people by stirring bad feelings amongst them against another with your words.” —Tolstoy

“Kind people help each other even without noticing that they are doing so, and evil people act against each other on purpose.” —CHINESE PROVERB

“Those who know the rules of true wisdom are baser than those who love them. Those who love them are baser than those who follow them.” —CHINESE PROVERB

“The life of a person without faith is the life of an animal.” —Tolstoy

“The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.”

“We can love neither those whom we fear nor those who fear us.” —MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO