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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Anchor Hope Inspirational Life Ride Ship
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Moments Patience Reaction Situation Try Yourself
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Consider Listen Need Philosophy Practice
Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Circumstance Deep Himself Man Mask Reveal
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Content Fools Improvement Stupid Want
We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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Avoid Body Pralysis Soul Trouble
We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Carry Focus Greatness Inspirational Need Seed
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Important Philosophy Silence Speak Wisdom
It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Body Goodness Heart Inspirational Look Soul
When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Angry Fault Forget Man Offend Study Yourself
It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Deep Expectation People Reality Yourself
By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Acceptance Fight Freedom Life Limitation Work
I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Attitude Damage Laugh Live Thinking
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Handle Happen Inspirational Matter Reaction
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Book Poet Reading Writing
Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Breathe Conservation Eat God Preference Thinking

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

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