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Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of read more
Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.
I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, read more
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage read more
Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.
Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.
Don't worry about growing older or pleasing others. Please yourself.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time read more
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.
I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.
A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable read more
A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.
