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How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#hinduism #independence #leadership #vedanta #leadership

I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#chant #i #lot #makeup #pancake

Having reached a point in which I was so bitter and exhausted from being a quote unquote public figure, I wanted to return to a more childlike relationship to writing. ↗

— David Leavitt

#bitter #childlike #exhausted #figure #having

My older siblings and I all work in 'the industry'. So obviously we have hectic schedules, but we make it work. ↗

— Lily Collins

#i #industry #make #obviously #older

The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God. ↗

— Arthur Young

#called #could #god #life #manifestation

Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#action #capacity #exists #mind #superior

My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#had #having #me #parents #solace

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss. ↗

— Edward Young

#joys #remedies #superior #weak #wisdom

By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers. ↗

— Donald Cram

#by the time #careers #careful #children #college

I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress. ↗

— Wen Ho Lee

#even #feel #i #i feel #long