"A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction."

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Source : graf Leo Tolstoy (2006). “Leo Tolstoy: Spiritual Writings”

Leo Tolstoy

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“I had no contact with my contemporaries in the photographic field, nor even knowledge of their work. So I was influenced by no-one and there were no short cuts for me. I was self-taught the hard way, by trial and error.”
“Stanley Cup winners donâ€™t hand back the Stanley Cup.”
“Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live.”
“I would have nobody to control me; I would be absolute: and who but I? Now, he that is absolute can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure can be content; and he that can be content has no more to desire. So the matter 's over; and come what will come, I am satisfied.”
“As long as you're having fun and still doing stuff, it doesn't matter what other people think.”
“Through wrestling, through the hard work and the sweat, through the victories and the defeats, we learn a great deal about ourselves. Wrestling shows you your limits, your weaknesses, your strengths and, ultimately, you grow because of what it shows you.”
“To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it.”
“If we go for the easy way, then we never change”

Source : "Once Upon A Time" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 7, 2012.

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