βWhen you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.β
Laozi
βWhen you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.β
βEvery man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.β
βBe gentle to all, and stern with yourself.β
βIt is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.β
βAll the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.β
βWhen we can't find peace in ourselves, it is vain to look for it elsewhere.β
βLean too much on the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns.β
βTo know oneself, one should assert oneself.β
βWhen we are no longer able to change a situation β we are challenged to change ourselves.β
βWe are the authors of our own disasters.β
βGod has entrusted me with myself.β
βThey say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.β
βThe aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.β
βHe who treats himself with servility will receive the same treatment from others.β
βGood opportunities lie within ourselves.β
βTo know oneself is true progress.β
βGo your own way, and let others say what they will.β
βBe yourself; everyone else is already taken - test batch 265β