Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

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"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen."

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love

"Absence destroys small passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes tapers and kindles fires."

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love

"We never listen when we are eager to speak"

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Leadership

"The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that which we have in others."

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-confidence

"To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation."

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Connection to Earth

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

Awareness