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"And do you know why we have not the power to attain this Stoic ideal? It is because we refuse to believe in our power. Nay, of a surety, there is something else which plays a part: it is because we are in love with our vices; we uphold them and prefer to make excuses for them rather than shake them off. We mortals have been endowed with sufficient strength by nature, if only we use this strength, if only we concentrate our powers and rouse them all to help us or at least not to hinder us. The reason is unwillingness, the excuse, inability."
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"When you're there for others, you're ahead of everyone."
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"You are not what you think, but you are the reflection of what you think."
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"Truth is, I'm generally happiest when it's just me. It's okay to be madly in love with yourself."
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"Celebrate your life, you are your own light."
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"To be what you always wanted to be, step away from conformity."
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"The hardest thing to do in life is to be yourself."
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"Nothing can hold you back if your determination is strong enough."
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"But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples."
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"With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. ... Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again though it contradicts everything you said today."
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"The world within you is of greater consequence than the world around you."
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"Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness."
Madness

"All outdoors may be bedlam, provided there is no disturbance within."
Nature

"How closely flattery resembles friendship! It not only apes friendship, but outdoes it, passing it in the race; with wide-open and indulgent ears it is welcomed and sinks to the depths of the heart, and it is pleasing precisely wherein it does harm."
Relationship

"If you are surprised at the number of our maladies count our cooks."
Humor

"Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day."
Wisdom

"Time heals what reason cannot."
Wisdom

"The best ideas are common property."
Knowledge

"The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be enough for the investigation of so vast a subject... And so this knowledge will be unfolded only through long successive ages. There will come a time when our descendants will be amazed that we did not know things that are so plain to them... Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memory of us will have been effaced."
Science

"It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth."
Ethics

"Indulge the body just so far as suffices for good health. It needs to be treated somewhat strictly to prevent it from being disobedient to the spirit. Your food should appease your hunger, your drink quench your thirst, your clothing keep out the cold, your house be a protection against inclement weather."
Health
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