"Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.
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“Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism. In this case, your compassion will remain as a humane response to suffering as long as beings continue to suffer.”
“We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.”
“If you help and serve others, you will ultimately gain.”
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“I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.”
“The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the mire of mediocrity- is not talent, formal education, nor intellectual brightness - it is self-discipline. With self-discipline all things are possible. Without it, even the simplest goal can seem like the impossible dream.”
“When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.”
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“As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.”
“No one else 'makes us angry.' We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We choose, not they. They merely put our attitude to a test.”
“I just think I have too much anxiety to listen to music. Sometimes it feels like noise, and sometimes it's so affecting that I can't recover from it.”