If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.
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Michael Bassey Johnson
Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it... Don't allow his anger to become your anger.
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Bohdi Sanders
One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
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Gustave Flaubert
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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Robert E. Lee
Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not...
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Epictetus
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There are few things ever dreamed of, smoked or injected that have as addictive an effect on our brains as technology. This is how our devices keep us captive and always coming back for more. The definitive Internet act of our times is a perfect...
Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills, including attention, focus, stress management, impulse control, and self-awareness.
Self-awareness: the ability to realize what we are doing as we do it, and understand why we are doing it.
The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills –self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most– are the foundation for self-control.
The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.
