The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
SOCRATESYour mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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