Think for yourself To be able to think for oneself is the ultimate expression of freedom, as one might be physically free but mentally a slave of those to whom one relies upon to make a decision or form an opinion. And just as it is from mental freedom that the slave eventually goes down…
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#1 At the start of each day it’s important to maintain a ritual, and if you don’t have one to start. To start now, as this is one of the most important things of all. The most important thing in the set of all things one can find to be important or in any way…
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#1 One’s biggest challenge after a defeat is not in the source of the defeat, but in one’s fear of starting over only to get the same result and to suffer the same pain all over again… I mean…the definition of insanity right? What we forget is that the decision to quit, especially when the…
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#1 To become worthy of anything, be that love, success, or fulfillment, one has to first put sweat equity. To show one’s devotion to the cause. To give all of oneself to one thing, and to even be willing to cry if tears are what is required of the moment. The first step is to…
Read moreHow to choose friends
#1 It’s from one’s friendships that one’s best and worst features are amplified and come to flourish. It’s important to remember that the greatest of friends is not only that who makes us feel good, and keeps our secrets safely away from the eyes and ears of the world, but that who in addition to…
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#1 Your greatest effort in life will be spent in the struggle to leave the past in the past, and to learn to cross the river of the future only when the time comes. To live in the present one needs to learn to steal oneself from the regrets of the past, and to save…
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#1 One of the reasons why you may struggle to understand people is not due to the fact that people are complex alone, but due to the mystification you make of them. The only reason why you think your next-door neighbor is fundamentally rude, members of this or that gender evil, is that you forget…
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In life it’s important to realize that to change a mind the mind needs to be open to change in the first place. Your greatest waste of effort will forever be on the kind of people who are committed to their views. The kind of people whose image and self-concept is built on their beliefs,…
Read moreThoughts on becoming one’s true self
The thing about becoming one’s true self is that just because something is true doesn’t necessarily mean or imply that said thing is the best version of it. One can be wired in such an incompatible way with the universe at large that one’s status quo is is a downgrade to the potential as opposed…
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#1 How to know yourself, the easiest way to get to know and maybe even understand someone, is by studying their actions and motivations. And this also applies to the individual, as often enough we are quick to explain away what we do, while ignoring the triggers behind the things we do. Our motivations I…
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