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"Discipline is when we delay our gratifications."
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"When you are angry, close your eyes, you will regain your inner peace."

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."

"A deep breath is a technique with which we minimize the number of instances where we say what we do not mean - or what we really think."

"But when one does not complain, and when one wants to master oneself with a tyrant's grip - one's faculties rise in revolt - and one pays for outward calm with an almost unbearable inner struggle."

"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."

"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?"

"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."

"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."
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"No man has been rewarded world's richest man for sleeping away his every day and night."

"Life being full of sense and devotion to a significant goal, makes looking for my destination a significant goal."

"Most people that I know who go to church actually go there to twist the arms of God so that he can get all the discomfort away from them."
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