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When we experience success, we must make sure that it doesn’t change us—that we continue to maintain our character despite the temptation not to. —Holiday

“The virtue of a person is measured not by his outstanding efforts but by his everyday behavior.” —Blaise Pascal

All that I know about God brings me to the following conclusion: all that He did for us were the best things possible. —After RALPH WALDO EMERSON

As Martin Luther King Jr. once put it, “There is something of a civil war going on within all of our lives,” a war inside each individual between the good parts of their soul and the bad.

Spiritual effort and the joy that comes from understanding life go hand in hand like physical exertion and rest. Without physical exertion, there is no joy in rest; without spiritual effort, there can be no joyful understanding of life. —Tolstoy

The most critical piece of knowledge, then, is the knowledge of what is essential to learn and what isn’t. —Tolstoy

“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16

Nothing can make a person’s soul softer than the understanding of his own blame, and nothing can make one harder than the desire always to be right. —After the TALMUD

If you notice someone in error, then correct this person and his mistake in a humble way. If he does not listen to you, blame yourself only; or, even better, do not blame anybody, but continue to be humble. —MARCUS AURELIUS

“Hurry to your own ruling reason, to the reason of the Whole, and to your neighbor’s. To your own mind to make it just; to the mind of the Whole to remember your place in it; and to your neighbor’s mind to learn whether it’s ignorant or of sound knowledge—while recognizing it’s like yours.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.22

If sometimes you feel that in spite of all your wishes to gain triumph over your passions, they gain victory over you, do not think that you cannot conquer them at all. You have only proven that you weren’t able to this one time. A good groom does not drop his reins when he cannot stop his horses at once but tries again to pull the reins, and eventually the horses stop...” —Tolstoy

Listen and be attentive, but do not speak too much; and when you are asked a question, answer briefly. Do not be ashamed to accept that sometimes you do not know an answer to what you were asked. Do not get into an argument just for the sake of argument; and do not boast. —SUFI WISDOM

“We buy things we don’t need, to impress people we don’t like.” (Fight Club)

“Life without a design is erratic. As soon as one is in place, principles become necessary. I think you’ll concede that nothing is more shameful than uncertain and wavering conduct… This will happen in all our affairs unless we remove the faults that seize and detain our spirits, preventing them from pushing forward and making an all-out effort.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 95.46