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"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience."
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"Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it."
"This is my life... my story... my book. I will no longer let anyone else write it, nor will I apologize for the edits I make."
"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."
"If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled."
"If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves."
"It is much easier to concentrate the mind on external things, than to concentrate on the mind itself. For example, a Neuroscientist can be the smartest man (or woman) on earth in his understanding of the human mind. He may know all the neurochemical changes underlying an outrageous behavior of a person. But when he gets mad himself, very little of his own scientific intellect would actually come in handy for him to control his rage. The virtue of self-control is a skill, which requires practice, regardless of all the neurobiological expertise in the world."
"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
"Do your emotions influence You or are You influenced by your emotions?"
"We often bow down to our feelings without realizing how fickle and unreliable they are."
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"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery."
"A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends."
"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."
"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
"Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
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