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Self Reflection Quotes
"It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one’s own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one’s own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice."
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Buddha
"Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet."
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Buddha
"I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain."
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Muhammad Ali
"Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt."
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Muhammad Ali
"It’s you vs. you."
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Dwayne Johnson
"Ponder and deliberate before you make a move."
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Sun Tzu
"To know your enemy, you must become your enemy."
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Sun Tzu
"Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise."
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Sigmund Freud
"In the depths of my heart, I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless."
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Sigmund Freud
"In mourning, it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia, it is the ego itself."
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Sigmund Freud
"We are what we are because we have been what we have been."
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Sigmund Freud
"No one who, like me, conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human breast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed."
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Sigmund Freud
"At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies."
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Theodore Roosevelt
"Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."
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Paulo Coelho
"Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge."
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Paulo Coelho
"Should prob articulate philosophy underlying my actions. It's pretty simple & mostly influenced by Douglas Adams & Isaac Asimov."
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Elon Musk
"I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems ... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious."
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Elon Musk
"How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?"
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Woody Allen
"Go to your bosom: Knock there and ask your heart what it doth know."
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William Shakespeare
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
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Mark Twain
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