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Don't Just Say You Have Read Books. Show That Through Them You Have Learned To Think Better, To Be A More Discriminating And Reflective Person. Books Are The Training Weights Of The Mind. They Are Very Helpful, But It Would Be A Bad Mistake To Suppose That One Has Made Progress Simply By Having Internalized Their Contents." Translation By Sharon Lebell

One That Desires To Excel Should Endeavor In Those Things That Are In Themselves Most Excellent.

We Cannot Choose Our External Circumstances, But We Can Always Choose How We Respond To Them.

Never Say Of Anything I Have Lost It, Only Say That I Have Given It Back.

In Prosperity It Is Very Easy To Find A Friend; But In Adversity It Is The Most Difficult Of All Things.