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"A man is what he thinks about all day long."
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"We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more."
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"Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it."
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"Live by your impulses, and you'll be just like them. You're better than that, aren't you, Red?"
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"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."
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"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."
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"Fighting external monsters is easy in comparison to how we fight those within us."
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"If you are covetous, you are a prisoner: If you are greedy, you will never be filled."
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"If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves."
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"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."
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"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
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"We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more."
Self-Control

"The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood."
Life

"When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world I thank God I am alive."
Gratitude

"You have first an instinct then an opinion then a knowledge as the plant has root bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end though you can render no reason."
Trust

"Though I am weak yet God when prayed Cannot withhold his conquering aid."
Faith

"The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else."
Work

"What is success? To laugh often and much To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends To appreciate beauty To find the best in others To leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child a garden patch or a redeemed social condition To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived That is to have succeeded."
Success

"It is not length of life, but depth of life."
Life

"So nigh is grandeur to our dust So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low Thou must The youth replies I can."
Duty

"With the past I have nothing to do nor with the future. I live now."
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