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"The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile."
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"If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self."
"Rule your mind or it will rule you."
"Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another."
"Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge."
"Mastery of impulse is achieved through taking pauses during life's contrasting situations. Mastery of impulse is about developing strong willpower that can be used to redirect the flow of energy in any situation. Mastery of impulse is about responding to the world with a sense of reason and peace."
"Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures."
"Do your emotions influence You or are You influenced by your emotions?"
"It is wise for people to learn how to control their emotions instead of allowing it to overwhelm them and making them behaves irrational."
"Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth."
"Discipline is when we delay our gratifications."
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"All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince."
"If you want to understand language, spend less time in the library with Plato and more time on the buses with people."
"Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class."
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