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We don't want pleasure.

We just want the pain to end.

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@moxneon @VidDownBOT

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Stop creating problems in your mind that don't exist.

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"Like everything in life, if you are willing to make the short-term sacrifice, you’ll have the long-term benefit. 'Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.'"

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You are under no obligation to be the same person you were a year, month, or even 15 minutes ago. You have the right to grow. No apologies.

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Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.

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Two kinds of happiness.
Worldly happiness is reward from our evolutionary program. Get praise, money, drugs, sex. It busies the mind with craving & anxiety.
Internal happiness is reward from being in flow. Create, meditate, love, play.
It clears the mind & leaves us in peace.

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A person who sleeps too much, sits too much and isn't physically active enough is more than 4 times as likely to die early.

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The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about what you're supposed to do.

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Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Your standards are. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.

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It’s possible, Marcus Aurelius said, to not have an opinion. You don’t have to turn this into something, he reminds himself. You don’t have to let this upset you. You don’t have to think something about everything.

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What matters in the Sun-tzu universe are not positions of strength and power, but situations in which you have options, full of potential force.

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Most of the problems in your life are due to two reasons: you act without thinking, or think without acting.

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Don't stress about the future, it hasn't arrived yet.

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If a man grows to be 75

He has very possibly wasted at least 73.7 of those years.

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Never make a decision when you are angry, never make a promise when you are happy.

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Most of your depression is caused by over-thinking.

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"The root of all suffering is attachment."

- Buddha

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Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

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My definition of wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions.

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Feel free to remove negative people from your life. It can be extremely good for your health and at the same time help to bring out the best in you.