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"You are not what you think, but you are the reflection of what you think."

"The hardest thing to do in life is to be yourself."

"Even if you tell yourself "Today I'm going to drink coffee the wrong way ... from a dirty boot." Even that would be right, because you chose to drink coffee from that boot.Because you can do nothing wrong. You are always right. Even when you say, "I'm such an idiot, I'm so wrong..." you're right. You're right about being wrong. You're right even when you're an idiot. No matter how stupid your idea, you're doomed to be right because it's yours."

"Take comfort in the knowledge that you are different, even from the different ones."

"Without knowing the essential nature of this (referring to the self), we are trying to make a life outside. That is the biggest mistake humanity has made. The first and foremost thing you must know is this (referring to the selfx). Then you can handle the external like a play, without any effort."

"To save myself I must face myself, which may be the hardest of all things to face."

"When the pain of being the same becomes greater than the pain of being different, you change."
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