If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
~ Albert Einstein
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No hope →
Enlightenment →
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
~ Lao Tzu
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Begin the morning →
Begin the morning by saying to yourself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. … I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him.
~ Marcus Aurelius
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No plan B →
There’s no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.
~ Will Smith
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Those who show up →
Decisions are made by those who show up.
~ Jennifer Pahlka
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Mastery →
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
~ Lao Tzu
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The life in your years →
And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
~ Abraham Lincoln
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Being realistic →
Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.
~ Will Smith
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The cure for boredom →
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
~ Dorothy Parker
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What I might be →
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
~ Lao Tzu
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