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"Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit."
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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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"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."
"Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them."
"Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public."
"It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting."
"When you do anything from a clear judgment that it ought to be done, never shrink from being seen to do it, even though the world should misunderstand it; for if you are not acting rightly, shun the action itself; if you are, why fear those who wrongly censure you?"
"If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible."
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."
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