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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

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.

“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

“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

“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

The market might be rational . . . but the people who comprise it are not. —Holiday

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who watches the watchmen?) —Juvenal

What influences the ruling reason that guides your life? —Holiday

“. . . freedom isn’t secured by filling up on your heart’s desire but by removing your desire.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.175

“There are two ways to be wealthy—to get everything you want or to want everything you have.” —Holiday