CREATE time alone with yourself. When seeking the wisdom and clarity of your own mind, silence is a helpful tool. The voice of our spirit is gentle and cannot be heard when it has to compete with others. Just as it is impossible to see your reflection in troubled water, so too is it with the soul. In silence, we can sense eternity sleeping inside us. (Location 142)

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“One wolf is evil,” he continued. “It is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, deceit, false pride.” He paused, poking the embers of our fire with a long stick he’d been carving. “The other is good. It is joy, love, hope, serenity, humility, loving-kindness, forgiveness, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, faith.” (Location 150)

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NEVER announce that you are a knight, simply behave as one. You are better than no one, and no one is better than you. (Location 160)

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Humility is the ability to see yourself in the context of a much larger world. (Location 170)

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“Be humble or get humbled,” (Location 172)

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“When people speak, listen.” This was a point he would consistently stress. “As much as you like to be heard and understood, so does everyone else.” (Location 174)

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If you can lose it in a shipwreck, it isn’t really yours!” (Location 182)

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