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"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."
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"When you are angry, close your eyes, you will regain your inner peace."
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."
"Start to exercise a firm control over what influences your experiences before situations control you."
"Do your emotions influence You or are You influenced by your emotions?"
"It is much easier to concentrate the mind on external things, than to concentrate on the mind itself. For example, a Neuroscientist can be the smartest man (or woman) on earth in his understanding of the human mind. He may know all the neurochemical changes underlying an outrageous behavior of a person. But when he gets mad himself, very little of his own scientific intellect would actually come in handy for him to control his rage. The virtue of self-control is a skill, which requires practice, regardless of all the neurobiological expertise in the world."
"This is my life... my story... my book. I will no longer let anyone else write it, nor will I apologize for the edits I make."
"If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves."
"You are a valuable instrument in the orchestration of your own world, and the overall harmony of the universe. Always be in command of your music. Only you can control and shape its tone. If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song."
"Discipline your sexuality for it has the proclivity to cause a productivity that can influence now and posterity."
"One must say, be in charge of your fucking feelings and keep your mouth shut."
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"The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round."
"From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths " outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone."
"Many people who are in reality dead are walking in the streets, many who are in their graves are in reality alive."
"Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets."
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