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"There is nothing good or evil save in the will."
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"One of the drawbacks about adventures is that when you come to the most beautiful places you are often too anxious and hurried to appreciate them."
"Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it."
"Live by your impulses, and you'll be just like them. You're better than that, aren't you, Red?"
"You cannot control what other people do, only how you react to it."
"One must say, be in charge of your fucking feelings and keep your mouth shut."
"If you want to change someone, start and end with yourself. You're all you've got control over.yes, other people can change.no, you can't change other people."
"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."
"If you're planning on quitting, first make sure it's not for one of these reasons: Fear, Discomfort,Anger,Self-pity,Someone's negative opinions,Past failures,Unrealistic expectations."
"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater."
"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."
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"Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed."
"The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing."
"I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?"
"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."
"Philosophy does not promise to secure anything external for man, otherwise it would be admitting something that lies beyond its proper subject-matter. For as the material of the carpenter is wood, and that of statuary bronze, so the subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life."
"We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life."
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