To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

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"The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running."

- Simone Weil

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"Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose."

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"The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know."

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"A mind enclosed in language is in prison."

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"The truth is, nobody really possesses it."

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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

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

- Beauty and the Beast

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

- Buddha

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"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

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

- Josephus Daniels

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