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"Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do."
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"It's no shame in reaching second or third base if you aimed for first base."
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"As long as man has pride, he will appear unattractive and no one will be attracted to him. He may have a handsome face, his pride makes him unattractive."
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"From the moment you realize, 'I am the most worthless person in this world'; you become valuable."
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"But the Egotist is stuck somewhere between his hidden triad of pride, fear, and insecurity; he is forever fighting to prove himself, instigating battles the Humbleman has unwittingly conquered, already sealed some time ago. Yes, the day he finally accepts face-to-face such an irony as humility - the irony that humility is indeed the mother of giants, that great men, having life so large, as needed, can afford to appear small - the world will then know peace."
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"If a person does five samayiks (introspective meditation) he will say, 'I did five'- and this is how he will taste the sweetness of the subtle-pride of doership. Actually what he should say is, 'it was due to God's grace that I was able to do five samayik'. He should not taste the sweetness of subtle pride of doership."
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"Great people do not struggle for their position."
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"A person who is humble would never be abusive or selfish, so don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care."
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"The master demon Screwtape identifies elitist humanity's tendency toward "an ingrained habit of belittling anything that concerns the great mass of their fellow men."
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"Humility puts others first because "first" takes on new meaning through the practice of humility."
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"Humility is not thinking less of myself, but thinking about myself less."
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"...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans."
Politics
"I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary."
Leadership
"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses."
Peace
"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."
Leadership
"Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other."
Philosophy
"All authority belongs to the people."
Politics
"Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the eye of their constituents, must, from the circumstance of distance, be unable to administer and overlook all the details necessary for the good government of the citizens; and the same circumstance, by rendering detection impossible to their constituents, will invite public agents to corruption, plunder and waste."
Politics
"Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital."
Wisdom
"Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
Wisdom
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear."
Philosophy
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