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"Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly."
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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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"Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed."
"Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men a search for their cause a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement."
"And where there is ignorance, there is also want of learning and instruction in essentials."
"So what oppresses and scares us? It is our own thoughts, obviously, What overwhelms people when they are about to leaves friends, family, old haunts and their accustomed way of life? Thoughts."
"In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no one, indignant with no one, revile no one, blame no one, offend no one, hate no one."
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