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The best models of English writing are Shakespeare and the Old Testament.


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A Man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him.

A Man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him.



It is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people's business. Each individual must be left free to follow his own path.

It is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people's business. Each individual must be left free to follow his own path.



The key of joy is disobedience.

The key of joy is disobedience.



Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.



Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.

Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.



We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.

We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.



Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.

Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.



If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.



You can only accomplish your object in life by complete disregard of the opinions of other people.

You can only accomplish your object in life by complete disregard of the opinions of other people.



I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.





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He who moves not forward, goes backward.



I can tell you this: there will be other girls, other disasters. And there will be nights to come, his life mostly behind him, when he will long to hurt like that again.

I can tell you this: there will be other girls, other disasters. And there will be nights to come, his life mostly behind him, when he will long to hurt like that again.



Tiny acts of kindness can have BIG results.

Tiny acts of kindness can have BIG results.



Big food companies flatter us by telling us how busy we are and they simultaneously convince us that we are helpless. I am moderately busy, but not all that helpless. Neither are you.

Big food companies flatter us by telling us how busy we are and they simultaneously convince us that we are helpless. I am moderately busy, but not all that helpless. Neither are you.



In the middle of the storm, the ‘a’ of the atheist drops!

In the middle of the storm, the ‘a’ of the atheist drops!



Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind.

Well, I'll say I have an incredible ability to fantasize - I really do. I don't have to have things tangible to be able to see them, and therefore I enjoy so many things, because they're in my mind.



We shared the same vision.

We shared the same vision.




The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.

The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.



Time has passed through me and become a song.

Time has passed through me and become a song.




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