"In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world."

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"I would follow in your footsteps if I wasn't so busy making my own."

Truth Devour, Australian Author

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"Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Independence that has declared its 'independence' from the sure and certain compass of sound morals is nothing more than rogue greed having scantily dressed itself in the garb of independence while running off the cliff of anarchy."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Self-confident people don't make their self-esteem, self-image, happiness, or self-confidence dependent on another person's approval, validation, or acceptance."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Independence, Confidence, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom

"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.... It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Independence, Self, Opinion, World, Solitude

"You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Independence, Confidence, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"The dream is yours. why are you asking others to validate or nourish it? Your journey must be self-propelled. It must be fueled from within."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

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"For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking articulates both physical and mental freedom."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

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"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

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"I felt so weak and unhappy that I buried my face in the ground: I could not bear the strain of seeing around me the things of the earth. I felt convinced that every movement and every thought was forced, and that one had to be on one's guard against them."

Despair

"A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die."

Beginning

"But all remains unchanged."

Stagnation

"Oh well, memories, said I. Yes, even remembering in itself is sad, yet how much more its object! Don't let yourself in for things like that, it's not for you and not for me. It only weakens one's present position without strengthening the former one - nothing is more obvious - quite apart from the fact that the former one doesn't need strengthening."

Memory

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."

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"I would follow in your footsteps if I wasn't so busy making my own."

"Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend."

"Independence that has declared its 'independence' from the sure and certain compass of sound morals is nothing more than rogue greed having scantily dressed itself in the garb of independence while running off the cliff of anarchy."

"There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all."

"Self-confident people don't make their self-esteem, self-image, happiness, or self-confidence dependent on another person's approval, validation, or acceptance."

"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.... It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

"You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him."

"The dream is yours. why are you asking others to validate or nourish it? Your journey must be self-propelled. It must be fueled from within."

"Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul."

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"A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us."

"No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth."

"L'Éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin."

"Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair."

"In the fight between you and the world, back the world."

"I felt so weak and unhappy that I buried my face in the ground: I could not bear the strain of seeing around me the things of the earth. I felt convinced that every movement and every thought was forced, and that one had to be on one's guard against them."

"A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die."

"But all remains unchanged."

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."