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“One Universe made up of all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of Being, and one Law, the Reason, shared by all thinking creatures, and one Truth. MARCUS AURELIUS”
― Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
― Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible
“Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty and sadness and remains far behind yours. Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words. —RAINER MARIA RILKE”
― Ego Is the Enemy
― Ego Is the Enemy
“On that long road to success, and I emphasize the word long, you will stumble. You have the choice of remaining on the ground or you can pick yourself up, and struggle again on that path that you hope will take you to the career or the success that you have dreamed of. Don’t give up, just persevere.” Justice Joyce Kennard Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court”
― The Leading Lawyer, a Guide to Practicing Law and Leadership
― The Leading Lawyer, a Guide to Practicing Law and Leadership
“Stoicism, hedonism, and anarchism are, at their roots, urges for control, for the ‘I’ to dominate the other, if not the world. Dependency on any external authority is antithetical to these credos. The movement that promotes utility is a movement to make men, if not certain men, gods. Efficiency for the sake of efficiency, progress for the sake of progress, and advancement for the sake of advancement is a path to deification for these men. The stoic, the hedonist, and the anarchist have more in common than what separates them.”
― Toward the Gleam
― Toward the Gleam
“life is the vessel we have been given in order to find out what life is really meant to be about.”
― Following the Path: The Search for a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Joy
― Following the Path: The Search for a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Joy
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