"In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone: those monsters created by the heart, those illusions produced by the mind, those vain specters that are our errors and our lies always appear before us to seduce us; they attack us even in our fasting or our mortifications, in other words, in our very strength."

-- Baron de Montesquieu

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“You ought to be able to discover something from your stories. If you don't, probably nobody else will.”
“You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.”
“Your calling my name is My reply. Your longing for Me is My message to you.”
“I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.”

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“Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.”
“How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays; And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree. Whose short and narrow verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all flow'rs and all trees do close To weave the garlands of repose.”

Source : 'The Garden' (1681) st. 1
“What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president?”
“Even if you can't sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your home. But sing.”

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