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“All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.” - Ming-Dao Deng

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"If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure." - Buddha

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“You can never plan the future by the past.” - Edmund Burke

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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - Confucius

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. - Aristotle

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"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy." - Lao Tzu

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“Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.” General George S. Patton

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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. - Aristotle

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