You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Maya Angelou

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The heart has its reasons but the mind makes the excuses.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Desire and anger are objects of the mind, but the mind is not yours, nor ever has been. You are choiceless awareness itself and unchanging - so live happily.

Ashtavakra Gita

Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

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