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Self-improvement comes mainly from trying to help others.

What is it we are questing for? It is the fulfillment of that which is potential in each of us. Ques...

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Joseph CampbellPathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation

Getting hold of the difficulty deep down is what is hard. Because if it is grasped near the surface ...

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth...

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The person who wishes to attain human perfection should study logic first, next mathematics, then ph...

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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

No more roundabout discussions of what makes a good man. Be one!

When you run up against someone else’s shamelessness, ask yourself this: Is a world without shameles...

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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man?To welcome with affection what ...

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I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

I utilise all my spare moments. I've read twenty-seven of the Hundred Best Books. I collect ferns.

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not ...

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You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you’re ready or not,...

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A philosophy a system of principles that will guide your thoughts and actions.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement.

Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one c...

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The desire for sexual expression is inborn and natural. The desire cannot, and should not be submerg...

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Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.

IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would f...

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Napoleon HillThink and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WI...

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Napoleon HillThink and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all human...

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Napoleon HillThink and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone

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Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Everyone who has any familiarity with psychology knows about the danger of disowning the murderer wi...

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We must become what we wish to teach.

When you affirm big, believe big and pray big, putting faith into action, big things happen.

The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.

The never-ending task of self improvement.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

Life didn't come with a fool-proof manual.

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Richard CarlsonDon't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Life didn't come with a fool-proof manual.

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Richard CarlsonDon't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life

Losing a belief in free will has not made me fatalistic—in fact, it has increased my feelings of fre...

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If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clea...

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If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clea...

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If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clea...

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If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clea...

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If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clea...

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If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clea...

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If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clea...

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If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clea...

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If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the w...

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How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

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Seth GodinSmall Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs

There is no future in a job. The only future is inside oneself. We look inside rather than outside. ...

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The great obstacle to communication is the tendency to constantly evaluate or moralize with others, ...

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If you want to understand yourself,Then do not examine yourself.Just love yourself more sincerely,Mo...

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Sri ChinmoyThe Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

Your ability to get along with others flows naturally from how well you are getting along with yours...

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Our problems don’t stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be r...

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We can actually live out the trials and temptations of the day before they come. We can in prayer de...

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Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is s...

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Education is neither writing on a blank slate nor allowing the child's nobility to come into flower....

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Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Because much of the content of education is not cognitively natural, the process of mastering it may...

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Steven PinkerThe Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where’s the self-help section?' She said if she tol...

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Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make...

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Everybody has somebody. It could be a friend, a lover, a spouse, a writing partner, or even That One...

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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, tha...

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Determine never to be idle. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

It is the lot of mankind to feel not only insecure but also bored. To combat that experience, people...

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Thomas SzaszCruel Compassion: Psychiatric Control of Society's Unwanted

Caleb told me that our mother said there was evil in everyone, and the first step to loving someone ...

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All we are not stares back at what we are.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your co...

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Not that I would not, if I could, be both handsome ...and well-dressed, and a great athlete, and mak...

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The great majority of people are “wandering generalities” rather than “meaningful specifics”. The fa...

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Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

There is a rose in every heart. Enlightenment is recognizing that rose.

Reconnect with the highest truth and ignite the divine sparks in you.

Witnessing is the alchemy of enlightenment. It can transform mud into gold.

Witnessing is not flowing with the current of the river but observing the flow from the bank of the ...

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Meditation is spending time with the self. It is the time to be intimated with the soul.

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

Be the music of your soul. Don't be a pawn in someone else's game.

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

Every once in a while you need to challenge yourself and learn new things.

Turn on the light within, expand your horizons and reach your full potential.

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Amit RayPeace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity

Sing your own song. There are always some earnest listeners.

Deep down there is a rose in every heart.

Learn to access the cosmic trust. Life will be easy.

Jnana yoga is the yoga of kindness and compassion - serving the self that is everywhere.

Samadhi is the journey from individual to collective consciousness. The steps of Samadhi are the ste...

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What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge tha...

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If she[…] had known how much her first half-inch beginning to let go would take - and how long her n...

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If you want to work on your acting, work on yourself.

The question is why one should be so inwardly preoccupied at all. Why not reach out to others in lov...

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Barbara EhrenreichBright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

Commitment to truth telling lays the groundwork for the openness and honesty that is the heartbeat o...

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Much popular self-help literature normalizes sexism. Rather than linking habits of being, usually co...

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Bell hooksAll About Love: New Visions

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It...

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The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this i...

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Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future...

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The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality...

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A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking ...

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So she goes to see the Old Man of the Mountains–looks just like you, Bear. Same face, same hair. A b...

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