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“Buddhism, which does not center on a god, but rather on a human who said suffering arises from craving.”

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“Therefore, it is not food shortage that causes war, but rather the inability for mass cooperation at such large scale.”

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“Darwin stated: “For I have always maintained that, excepting fools, men did not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work.”

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“A well-designed life is a life that is generative— it is constantly creative, productive, changing, evolving, and there is always the possibility of surprise.”

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“Whatever is biologically possible is natural. There are no “unnatural” behaviors, only culturally forbidden ones.”

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“Practice, work, and improve your craft until you gain mastery. The thought that any work is easy is both a fantasy and a lie.…

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“What the Western World uses as a basis for “natural” and “unnatural” is not biology, but rather Christian theology.”

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“Practice requires you to do things that interest you better than you did yesterday.”

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“Every step you take brings you to situations you have never encountered before. It takes a humble mind to realize it knows little about…

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“History is out of human control and moves forward without consideration of human life or human happiness.”

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“When you focus on and bask in the glory of your talents and strengths, your self-confidence often becomes the self-absorption, arrogance, and fantasy that…

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“Focus on executing daily tasks with excellence. Grand visions are deceptive myths.”

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“It is human nature to think that saying “no” will cause you to miss out on something great. In truth, saying “yes” is what…

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“Sociologist Dan Chambliss published a study titled The Mundanity of Excellence in which he argued that an extraordinary performance is a convergence of various…

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“Complacency and endless ambition are easy. It takes hard work to find the midpoint between these two states.”

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