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Happiness depends upon ourselves.

—Aristotle, Metaphysics
Category: PhilosophyMood: ReflectiveTags: #happiness #agency #eudaimonia #life
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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

—Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre's Essays & Philosophical Writings
Category: PhilosophyMood: BoldTags: #freedom #responsibility #agency #existentialism
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Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

—Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Category: ResilienceMood: MotivationalTags: #choice #agency #destiny #responsibility
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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

—William James, The Will to Believe (1897)
Category: PsychologyMood: BoldTags: #action #impact #purpose #agency
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

—Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter (2008)
Category: ResilienceMood: ReflectiveTags: #attitude #acceptance #agency #perspective
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I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

—Carl Jung, Man and His Symbols (1964)
Category: TruthMood: MotivationalTags: #agency #self-creation #choice #healing
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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

—George Bernard Shaw, George Bernard Shaw's Essays & Philosophical Writings
Category: WisdomMood: MotivationalTags: #self-creation #agency #purpose #growth
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If you are unhappy, remember: you are the cause of it. If you are blissful, remember: you are the cause of it.

—Osho, Meditation: The First and Last Freedom
Category: HappinessMood: ReflectiveTags: #responsibility #bliss #agency #mindset #osho
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.

—Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi (On Tranquility of Mind)
Category: PhilosophyMood: PhilosophicalTags: #agency #responsibility #tools #intent
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