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“You have tried to be superior in an ordinary realm. Now you must learn to be ordinary in a superior realm.”
― Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
― Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
“The difference is simple: happy people look at their lives and see a series of choices. Miserable people see only a series of sacrifices.”
― The Coincidence Makers
― The Coincidence Makers
“I am a warrior! he snapped. Beyond that, who I am depends on who you want me to be.”
― Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
― Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
“I think you'll be satisfied if you become disappointed in yourself,' she said quietly. 'It would further support the conclusion that you've already drawn anyway. It would reinforce your negative opinions about yourself. You don't do enough and then become angry at yourself for not doing enough.”
― The Coincidence Makers
― The Coincidence Makers
“My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school: So? Did you learn anything today? But not my mother. “Izzy,” she would say, “did you ask a good question today?” That difference — asking good questions — made me become a scientist.”
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