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Anima Rising

by Christopher Moore (Goodreads Author)

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Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

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The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1)

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Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

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Because if you pick up this mantle once, you’ll see what most people’s egos prevent them from appreciating: the person who clears the path ultimately controls its direction, just as the canvas shapes the painting.

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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: humanity, humility, mistakes, strength, wisdom

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“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”
― Bernard Meltzer

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“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau

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“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden

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