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• Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Life, Death

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.46, New World Library

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• Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

  Elizabeth I

  Silence, Tested

  "Dating In Midlife And What Secrets To Reveal" by Barbara Hannah Grufferman, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 27, 2012.

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• One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• There are secrets to our world that only practice can reveal, and no opinion or analysis will ever capture in full.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Our World, Practice, Analysis

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.335, Random House

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  This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

  Alan Watts

  Life, Inspiring, Monday

  Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company

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• Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Happiness, Sad

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• O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Fate, Hands

  The Art of War (6th century b.c.).

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• Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Keeping Secrets, Wish, Kept Secrets

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• How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Keeping Secrets, Has Beens, Ifs

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  And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Le Petit Prince ch. 21 (1943)

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• The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.

  Gary Gygax

  Needs, Should, Knows

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• The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.

  Mike Murdock

  Motivational, Routine, Time Management

  FaceBook post by Dr. Mike Murdock from Dec 29, 2016

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• We live today in a world in which nobody believes choices should have consequences. But may I tell you the great secret that our culture seeks to deny? You cannot escape the consequences of your choices. Time runs in only one direction.

  Stephen L. Carter

  Running, Time, Believe

  Stephen L. Carter (2002). “The Emperor of Ocean Park”, Knopf

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• Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678-1679.

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• If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Friendship, Keeping Secrets, Enemy

  "The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac".

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• A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

  Charles Dickens

  Cities, Reflecting Upon, Profound

  A Tale of Two Cities bk. 1, ch. 3 (1859)

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• Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Funny, Hilarious, 4th Of July

  Poor Richard's Almanac for 1735 and 1741.

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• The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Law Of Attraction, Answers, Has Beens

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• We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

  Robert Frost

  Clever, Philosophy, Secrecy

  Witness Tree (1942) "The Secret Sits"

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• The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.

  Deepak Chopra

  Love, Relationship, Communication

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• The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

  E. W. Howe

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  "Country Town Sayings: A Collection of Paragraphs from the Atchison Globe". Book by Edgar Watson Howe, p. 9, 1911.

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• Self-trust is the first secret of success.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Success, Trust

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.148, Harvard University Press

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• When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Faults, He Man

  "Characters", V, 1688.

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• A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Keeping Secrets

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• A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

  Joseph Conrad

  Men, Keeping Secrets, Literature

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “Joseph Conrad Ultimate Collection: 18 Novels, 20+ Short Stories, Letters & Memoirs: Including Classics like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Duel, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, Victory, The Shadow-Line & Under Western Eyes”, p.2311, e-artnow

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