Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions.

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"Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Balance

"Compassion is the basis of morality."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Compassion

"Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Compassion

"Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Hope

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Self-awareness

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief