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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines
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It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same circumstances.
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In the course of time, we grow to love things we hated and hate things we loved.
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Anger is not only a vice, but a vice point-blank against nature, for it divides instead of joining
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Never had I felt confinement less—I who feel, when I am out of sight of living, growing grass, and out of sound of birds' voices and all rural sounds, that I am not properly alive!
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Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake.
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Most of us continue living unnecessarily near our surface.
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Think good thoughts. Protect your mind. What your mind consumes shapes your thoughts. Your thoughts lead your actions. Your actions change your life for better or worse. Get rid of what drains you. Embrace what pushes you towards your dream life.
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