He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

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Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

A drunken man who falls out of a cart, though he may suffer, does not die. His bones are the same as other people's; but he meets his accident in a different way. His spirit is in a condition of security. He is not conscious of riding in the cart; neither is he conscious of falling out of it. Ideas of life, death, fear and the like cannot penetrate his breast; and so he does not suffer from contact with objective existence. If such security is to be got from wine, how much more is it to be got from God?

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither.… Suddenly I awakened, and there I lay, myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming that I am a man.

This is what the world honors: wealth, eminence, long life, a good name. This is what the world finds happiness in: a life of ease, rich food, fine clothes, beautiful sights, sweet sounds. People who can't get these things fret a great deal and are afraid, wear themselves out rushing around on business, spend night and day scheming and scrutinizing. Man lives his life in company with worry, and if he lives a long time, then he has spent that much time worrying. This is a callous way to treat the body.

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Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.

—Benjamin Haydon

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.

—Henry Kissinger

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In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

Try not to be a man or woman of success, but rather a man or woman of inspiration. If you're successful, they will flock to you for money or fame, but if you're inspirational, they will flock to you because they love your soul and how you change theirs.

—Shannon L. Alder

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You have to learn to be unafraid when you’re a nobody, because you’re going to be really fucking afraid when you’re a somebody and all the lights are on you.

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