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"Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene."
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"'Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth."
"The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler."
"To know yourself, you must first sacrifice the illusion that already you do."
"But mostly I just think I'am not the best person to demonstrate all the goodness humanity has to offer. I don't want you to be too disappointed when you realize that."
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"For many years, I searched for this connection outside of myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did I find this power."
"However fast you run, or however skilfully, you can't run away from your own feet."
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
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