We can be the very first generation which fails to see the logic or pride in defining ourselves by anything else but what is found within ourselves: our values

Akilnathan Logeswaran
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When people say they define themselves by their values, they are actually saying that they define themselves by their values. When people define themselves by their values, they are saying that they are made up of their values. And when people make up of their values, they are saying that what makes them up is their values. "The logic or pride" is another way of saying "the self." The self is made up of the things that make it up. If you want to be able to know what makes you up, then you must start by knowing what makes you up.

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