Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt.
- Topic: Discipline
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There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means—either may do—the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find a better man.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
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A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
