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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
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He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.
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He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
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He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature… is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.
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He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.
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He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser.
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He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.
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Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.
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Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd one self place; for where we are is Hell, and where Hell is, there must we ever be.
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Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors.
Hints on Programming Language Design, December 1973 -
Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people I know. And it's rare to find a Jew that is actually offended by comedy about them.
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Heroism is active; genius, contemplative heroism. Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action.
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Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
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Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.
Motivation and Personality (1954) p. 123 -
Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
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Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.
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I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.
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