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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
― A Farewell to Arms
― A Farewell to Arms
“Vivere est Cogitare”
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“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”
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“Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see -egoism, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then you will be read to fight the enemy you can see.”
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