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"They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them."
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"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
"We often bow down to our feelings without realizing how fickle and unreliable they are."
"Work harder on yourself than you do on your job."
"Negative desires can cause no evil if you do not allow yourself to be seduced by them."
"Our feelings are unreliable and cannot be trusted to convey truth."
"When you are angry, close your eyes, you will regain your inner peace."
"We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more."
"The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession."
"The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors."
"I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self."
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"A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble."
"To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body."
"Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up."
"We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study."
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