"If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on... then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me."

Self, Independence, Responsibility, Thought, Autonomy

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"If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on... then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me."

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"Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Cut the connection between your clothes and your beliefs, because clothes will not make you something, it won't make you honest or dishonest, good or bad! Your essence will not change because of what you wear!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"We must carefully cultivate the voice that speaks to us because an internal voice is the ultimate narrator of our charming and delightful personal story or the documentarian of our tragic and disgraceful plotlines. Stories that we tell ourselves become our functional reality, which format structures the concourse of the nested emotional control panel that guides and girds us through the din of the present."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"When we run away from something. We're usually running away from ourselves."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

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"One day you will wake up, you will see with clear sight all that has held you back; you will feel lighter because you finally accept who you are. You will shine with flawless beauty because your happiness comes from the purity of your heart and one day I hope you realise all of this, before it's too late; because darling, if we spent our years nurturing the best of ourselves, heaven would be felt on earth."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

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"The real battle is within yourself."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Search yourself with other persons and you will find the right you."

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"If I have a book that thinks for me, a pastor who acts as my conscience, a physician who prescribes my diet, and so on... then I have no need to exert myself. I have no need to think, if only I can pay; others will take care of that disagreeable business for me."

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"We must admit thatlaw must be valid, not merely for men, but for all rational creatures generally, not merely under certain contingent conditions or with exceptions, but with absolute necessity."

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"A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose."

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"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

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