The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what
we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions
come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic)
rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will
sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the
foundation necessary for effective interdependence.
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Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
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You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.
Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.
Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.
When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more
When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.
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Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
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Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web,
he does to himself.
It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.
It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.
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Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it
looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to
become discouraged.
