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    Aristotle
    “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: ethics, philosphy, self-discovery
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    Confucius
    “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: education, inspirational, life, perseverance
    3542 likes

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    Confucius
    “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”
    ― Confucius
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  • #4
    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom
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  • #5
    Lao Tzu
    “Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    1235 likes

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    Socrates
    “He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: avarice, contentment, gluttony, greed
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    Aristotle
    “For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
    ― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
    tags: doing, inspirational, learning, learning-by-doing, life, practice
    552 likes

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  • #8
    Socrates
    “Know thyself.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: inspirational
    726 likes

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  • #9
    Confucius
    “The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct”
    ― Confucius
    tags: inspirational
    200 likes

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  • #10
    Confucius
    “He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: ancient, ancient-china, ancient-chinese, body, chinese, conquers, fighting, inspirational, philosophical, philosophy, proverb, self-improvement, self-realization, training, warrior
    225 likes

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  • #11
    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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    Sun Tzu
    “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: strategy
    2428 likes

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    Lao Tzu
    “A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: courage, death, inspirational, life, moral-courage, real-life
    1858 likes

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  • #14
    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Socrates
    “To find yourself, think for yourself.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: independence, self-reliance
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  • #16
    Lao Tzu
    “Knowing others is intelligence;
    knowing yourself is true wisdom.
    Mastering others is strength;
    mastering yourself is true power.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: wisdom
    5111 likes

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  • #17
    Aristotle
    “Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: fear
    182 likes

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  • #18
    Plato
    “Love is a serious mental disease.”
    ― Plato, Phaedrus
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  • #19
    Confucius
    “The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”
    ― Confucius
    tags: tao, wisdom, zen
    569 likes

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  • #20
    Aristotle
    “He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: fear, freedom
    1312 likes

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  • #21
    Plato
    “Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
    ― Plato
    tags: courage, fear
    542 likes

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  • #22
    Lao Tzu
    “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: acceptance, contentment, perception, self-acceptance, self-assurance, self-confidence
    2019 likes

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  • #23
    Lao Tzu
    “The best fighter is never angry.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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  • #24
    Lao Tzu
    “Be content with what you have;
    rejoice in the way things are.
    When you realize there is nothing lacking,
    the whole world belongs to you.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: contentment
    1357 likes

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  • #25
    Socrates
    “Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
    ― Socrates
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  • #26
    Confucius
    “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
    ― Confucious
    tags: wisdom
    6102 likes

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  • #27
    Lao Tzu
    “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: life, travel
    3757 likes

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  • #28
    Sun Tzu
    “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
    ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
    tags: strategy
    1228 likes



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