Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquerjust one –himself.Better to conquer yourselfthan others. When you've trained yourself, living in constant self-control, neither a deva nor gandhabba, nor a Mara banded with Brahmas, could turn that triumphback into defeat.

Gautama Buddha
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