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The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a perso

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. – Author Unknown

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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me. – Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588

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Serving one’s own passions is the greatest slavery. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia

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You are a puppet, but in the hands of the infinite, which may be your own. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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