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“Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.”
“There has been an inversion in the hierarchy of the two principles of antiquity, 'Take care of yourself' and 'Know yourself.'”
“What do you care what other people think?”
“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”
“The ego is not master in its own house.”
“He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.”
“Freedom begins between the ears.”
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
“Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”
“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”
“It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point in one's own existence.”
“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself.”
“If the mind is correct, the body will be at ease; if the mind is calm, the body will be well ordered.”
“A person who is shallow aspires to depth; one who is ugly aspires to beauty; one who is narrow aspires to breadth.”
“The gentleman makes things his servants. The petty man becomes the servant of things.”
“Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.”
“Without self-confidence we are as babes in the cradle.”
“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”