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"If you should not take your thoughts seriously, then why the thoughts of others?"
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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."

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"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."

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"The moment that we are aware of our thoughts we are present. It takes no-mind to recognize our thoughts because mind and no-mind can not co-existPresence and Mind can not co-exist. So therefor presence, thought awareness and no-mind are one."

"Act with though awareness and love in the present moment then you will never need to worry about the thought of regret."

"Life is the sum or product of a bunch of individual moments if you can't enjoy moments then how do you expect to enjoy life?"

"Everyone thinks that teachers are automatically above the taught The teachers are the taught."

"The hardest thing to do in the world is overcome the mind but it just so happens that it's also the most rewarding."

"When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life."

"Consciousness of the world itself is nature. And when you destroy nature you block off consciousness from the world."
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