What makes night within us may leave stars.
- Topic: Leadership
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If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl of be found in the dark folds of life.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.