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"In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless."
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"There is no aspect of life that you take that does not demand discipline. It is a requirement of life. It is not a matter of choice."

"Control your anger, be calm."

"Don't be your own devil."

"But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins."

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

"I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing."

"If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it."
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"To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter."

"To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all."

"Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales."

"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal."

"The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach."

"Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty."
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