Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social environment. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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After all, is not a real Hell better than a manufactured Heaven? ― E.M. Forster, Maurice

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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. — Paulo Coelho

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Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me.

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Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ― Samuel Beckett

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When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

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It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships. ― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

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I am not what I ought to be, but by being so much better than my best self, I shall succeed in becoming it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think. — Benjamin Disraeli

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