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Rene Descartes's ideas on Discipline, collected in one place with clear source context.
"Those who walk slowly can, if they follow the right path, go much further than those who run and go astray."
"Conquer yourself rather than the world."
"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well."
"A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed."
"My third maxim was to endeavor always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and change my desires rather than the order of the world."
"It is best not to eat like a glutton, nor to drink until one staggers."
"There is no soul so weak that it cannot, well directed, acquire absolute power over its passions."
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