“A man said to a Dervish: “Why do I not see you more often?” The Dervish replied, “Because the words ‘Why have you not been to see me?’ are sweeter to my ear than the words ‘Why have you come again?”
Source: The 48 Laws of Power
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- Because you speak to me in words and I look at you with feelings.”
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“I put my faith in me, and do you know why? Because I have never lost!”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 18
Context: "We don't seem to be overflowing with luck." "You make your own. I put no faith in gods, Lake. Never have. If they exist, they care very little— if at all— about ordinary mortals. I put my faith in me, and do you know why? Because I have never lost!"
Ellen DeGeneres, US Magazine, January 1995
Section 41 (p. 235)
When HARLIE Was One (1972)