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A king born is better than one made. The best person will not be able to endure such an elevation without changing. Those who are born to it do not falter nor are they overwhelmed by such a position.

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Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child.

Our life is no dream, but it should and will perhaps become one.

"Fate and temperament are two words for one and the same concept." Translated by Michael Roloff and Michael Lebeck (1965).

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Blüthenstaub (1798)

Poets and priests were one in the beginning, and they only separated in later times. But the real poet is always a priest, just as the real priest always remains a poet.

Blüthenstaub (1798)

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Political leaders are never leaders. For leaders we have to look to the Awakeners! Lao Tse, Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Milarepa, Gurdjiev, Krishnamurti.

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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

George S. Patton

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

George S. Patton War As I Knew It (1947)

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