Most people seek after what ...

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.
Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.
 Anwar Sadat

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
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Let every girl, let every woman, let every mother here [in Israel]-and there in my country [Egypt]-know we shall solve all our problems through negotiations around the table rather than starting war.
 Anwar Sadat
I found that I faced a highly complex situation, and that I couldnt hope to change it until I had armed myself with the necessary psychological and intellectual capacity. My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place had taught me that he who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any process.
 Anwar Sadat
He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality.
 Anwar Sadat