Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.

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If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. — Jim Rohn

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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

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He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet. ― William Golding

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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

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It doesn't matter how many people you meet in your life you just need the real ones who accept you for who you are and help you become who you should be. ― Roy T. Bennett

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Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

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Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life. ― Steven Wright

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

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