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"Error is discipline through which we advance."
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"People who truly serve God embrace light, they fall in love with light, and they proclaim light, they fight with light."

"Self-discipline is nothing but self-consciousness."

"To truly be better than your past self, you must practice the rule of ten thousand hours and you must invest so much time building yourself up."

"Do not allow yourself to act according to the flesh."

"A faint smile played on his lips. "Obedience does not come naturally to you, does it?""No...sir""I must take some blame for that, I suppose. The sea does not like to be restrained."

"Spill not the morning (the quintessence of the day!) in recreations for sleep is a recreation. Add not therefore sauce to sauce. ... Pastime like wine is poison in the morning. It is then good husbandry to sow the head which hath lain fallow all night with some serious work."

"Only a changed person can live according to the law."

"Don't let your imperfections conveniently excuse you from having discipline. Have the courage to work through your imperfections."

"Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in."

"The willingness to burn your ships, cut off all sources of retreat, and take decisive action is often the only assured path to success."
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"God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages."


"God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth."


"He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled."


"The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought."


"The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves."
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