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"I'd rather listen to what you think of yourself, than what the whole world has to say about you."

"If I follow a particular method of knowing myself, then I shall have the result which that system necessitates; but the result will obviously not be the understanding of myself."

"In the history of history, there has never been someone with your particular genetic make-up or life experiences. This being the case, we have no reference points with which to compare ourselves, and therefore it is futile to attempt to measure yourself relative to others."

"Our mind speak to our souls about the lifestyle we should have. Nobody can dictate our souls because we only have control of our own character and ambition."

"Humankind's greatest gift is that we are indeterminate beings. Unlike the tough and leathery seed of an acorn, which will grow into a magnificent oak tree, none of us has a predetermined final configuration of our ultimate essence. Our mental temperament is pliable. We make conscious and subconscious choices that govern who we become."
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"Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false."

"The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things."

"God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction."

"If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own."

"There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities is always in the making."

"Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on."
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