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Muhammad Ali
“I don't count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.”
Muhammad Ali

“Remember that you are an actor in a play, the character of which is determined by the Playwright: if He wishes the play to be short, it is short; if long, it is long; if He wishes you to play the part of a beggar, remember to act even this role adroitly; and so if your role be that of a cripple, an official, or a layman. For this is your business, to play admirably the role assigned you; but the selection of that role is Another's.”
Arrian Epictetus, Enchiridion: Including the Discourses of Epictetus and Fragments

Kahlil Gibran
“Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.”
Khalil Gibran

“Before enlightenment I believed my ego was me, then enlightenment comes along and no more ego, only the underlying reality. Now it’s after enlightenment and this ego might be slightly uncomfortable or ill-fitting at times, but it’s all I’ve got. The idea that your ego is destroyed in the process of becoming enlightened is roughly correct, but it’s not complete. Before enlightenment, you’re a human being in the world, just like everyone you see. During enlightenment you realize the human being you thought you were is just a character in a play, and that the world you thought you were in is just a stage, so you go through a process of radical deconstruction of your character to see what’s left when it’s gone. The result isn’t enlightened-self or true-self, it’s no-self. When it’s all over it’s time to be a human being in the world again, and that means slipping back into costume and getting back on stage.”
Jed McKenna, Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Only the autodidacts are free.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

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