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To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody"s mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history. read more

• Thought Ego Habitual Compulsive Thought Processes Go Everybody Mind Continuously External Things Like Possessions Memories Failures Successes Achievements Personal History

It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and to talk by the hour. read more

• Thought Trade Lawyers Question Everything Yield Nothing Talk by Hour

Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them. read more

• Thought Soldiers Usually Win Battles Generals Get Credit for Them

While we may slog, we're protective of our children and don't want to expose them to stress and toil. read more

• Want Them While Our Children Stress Toil Expose

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Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. read more

• Thought Enthusiasm Mother Effort Without Nothing Great Achieved

Every man has to learn the points of the compass again as often as he awakes, whether from sleep or any abstraction. read more

• Thought Every Man Learn Points Compass Again Often Awakes Whether from Sleep Any Abstraction

NOT UNTIL WE ARE LOST DO WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES. read more

• Thought Lost Do Begin Understand Ourselves

Be yourself--not your idea of what you think somebody else"s idea of yourself should be. read more

• Thought Idea What Think Somebody

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech. read more

• Thought Good Poetry Seems Too Simple Natural Thing Meet Wonder Men Poets Nothing Healthy Speech

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this? read more

• Thought Most Do for Friend Simply Wealth Bestow Knows Happy Loving Want Reward Friendship Divine