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"The thing is, at the end of the day you still have to face yourself."
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"You have to know yourself enough to be able to choose friends that you will be compatible with."

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."

"No, I'm afraid your overconfidence, as with most young men who dream of becoming successful, can quite quickly become the Achilles' heel of your continued mediocrity."

"Ego is this this higher conscious concept that we have of ourselves and we feel that we must live by it with a closed mind. We can be Self Aware of this concept or purely just blinded. I think the answer to this problem is being Self Aware and changing our current perception for the better."

"I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55."

"The people around you are mirrors, I think. You see yourself reflected in their eyes. If the mirror is true, and smooth, you see your true self. That's how you learn who you are."

"Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!"

"Perhaps the most liberating moment in my life was when I realized that my self-loathing was not a product of my inadequacy but, rather, a product of my thoughts."

"Seeing everything that goes on in your daily life, your daily activities - when you pick up a pen, when you talk, when you go out for a drive or when you are walking alone in the woods - can you with one breath, with one look, know yourself very simply as you are? When you know yourself as you are, then you understand the whole structure of man's endeavour, his deceptions, his hypocrisies, his search. To do this you must be tremendously honest with yourself throughout your being."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
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"Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain."

"If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment."

"Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it."

"To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on."
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