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Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
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Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
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Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.
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Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid.
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Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others.
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Science is but the exchange of ignorance for that which is another kind of ignorance.
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Science, after all, is only an expression for our ignorance of our own ignorance.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.
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See, that's all you're thinking about, is winning. You're confirming your sense of self- worth through outward reward instead of through inner appreciation.
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Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
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Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.
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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.
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Self-abnegation is a trait most often seen in women, rarely in men.
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Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.
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Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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